Ezekiel 20:14
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New International Version (©2011)
But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my power in bringing Israel out of Egypt.

English Standard Version (©2001)
But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, before whose sight I had brought them out.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I did this so my reputation wouldn't be tarnished among the nations in whose presence I had brought them out.

NET Bible (©2006)
I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But I acted so that my name would not be dishonored among the nations who had watched me bring the Israelites out [of Egypt].

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

American King James Version
But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

American Standard Version
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight.

Darby Bible Translation
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

English Revised Version
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

World English Bible
But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

Young's Literal Translation
And I do it for My name's sake, Not to pollute it before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them forth.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

20:10-26. The history of Israel in the wilderness is referred to in the new Testament as well as in the Old, for warning. God did great things for them. He gave them the law, and revived the ancient keeping of the sabbath day. Sabbaths are privileges; they are signs of our being his people. If we do the duty of the day, we shall find, to our comfort, it is the Lord that makes us holy, that is, truly happy, here; and prepares us to be happy, that is, perfectly holy, hereafter. The Israelites rebelled, and were left to the judgments they brought upon themselves. God sometimes makes sin to be its own punishment, yet he is not the Author of sin: there needs no more to make men miserable, than to give them up to their own evil desires and passions.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the Heathen,.... See Gill on Ezekiel 20:9; who would be ready to say it was for want of power, or faithfulness, or, goodness, that he did not bring them into the promised land; or there was no such land to bring them to God's own glory was concerned, and that is his ultimate end in all he does; and is of more weight with him than any other argument whatever:

in whose sight I brought them out; from Egypt, into the wilderness; this was done publicly in the sight of the Egyptians, they urging them to be gone.

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Rebellion in Egypt
…13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. 14But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 15Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; …

Isaiah 48:11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.
Ezekiel 20:9 But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites.
Ezekiel 20:13 "'Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws--by which the person who obeys them will live--and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:15 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them--a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands--
Ezekiel 20:22 But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Ezekiel 39:7 "'I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel.