Ezekiel 20:22

Ezekiel chapter 20 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.21But the children rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept mine ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

v.22This passage

v.23Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Cross references

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

  • Daniel 9:17

    Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

  • Job 13:21

    Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

  • 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 20:17

    Nevertheless mine eye spared them, and I destroyed them not, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.

  • Psalms 79:9

    Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake.

  • Daniel 9:19

    O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.