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Ezekiel 20:14

Ezekiel chapter 20 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

v.14This passage

v.15Moreover also I sware unto 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;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ephesians 1:6

    to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

  • Ezekiel 36:22

    Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I do not this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went.

  • Ezekiel 20:9

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 20:22

    Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.

  • Ephesians 1:12

    to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: