Ezekiel 20:22

NETBible

But I refrained from doing so, 1  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

NIV ©

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.

NASB ©

"But I withdrew My hand and 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.

NLT ©

Nevertheless, I withdrew my judgment against them to protect the honor of my name among the nations who had seen my power in bringing them out of Egypt.

MSG ©

But I thought better of it and acted out of who I was, not by what I felt, so that I might be honored and not blasphemed by the nations who had seen me bring them out.

BBE ©

And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.

NRSV ©

But I withheld my hand, and acted for the sake of my name, so that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

NKJV ©

"Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.

KJV
Nevertheless I withdrew
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mine hand
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and wrought
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for my name's
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sake, that it should not be polluted
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in the sight
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of the heathen
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in whose sight
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I brought them forth
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NASB ©
"But I withdrew
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My hand
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and acted
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for the sake
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of My name
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, that it should not be profaned
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in the sight
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of the nations
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in whose
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sight
<5869>
I had brought
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them out.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
epoihsa
<4160> 
V-AAI-1S
opwv
<3704> 
CONJ
to
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T-ASN
onoma
<3686> 
N-ASN
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
to
<3588> 
T-ASN
parapan {ADV} mh
<3165> 
ADV
bebhlwyh
<953> 
V-APS-3S
enwpion
<1799> 
PREP
twn
<3588> 
T-GPN
eynwn
<1484> 
N-GPN
wn
<3739> 
R-GPN
exhgagon
<1806> 
V-AAI-1S
autouv
<846> 
D-APM
kat
<2596> 
PREP
ofyalmouv
<3788> 
N-APM
autwn
<846> 
D-GPN
NET [draft] ITL
But I refrained
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from doing so, and acted
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instead for the sake
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of my reputation
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, so that I would not
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be profaned
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before
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the nations
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in whose
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sight
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I had brought
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them out
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.
HEBREW
Mhynyel
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Mtwa
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ytauwh
<03318>
rsa
<0834>
Mywgh
<01471>
ynyel
<05869>
lxh
<02490>
ytlbl
<01115>
yms
<08034>
Neml
<04616>
veaw
<06213>
ydy
<03027>
ta
<0853>
ytbshw (20:22)
<07725>
NETBible

But I refrained from doing so, 1  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.