Ezekiel 20:14
ContextNET © | 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. |
NIV © | 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. |
NASB © | "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. |
NLT © | But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name. That way the nations who saw me lead my people out of Egypt wouldn’t be able to claim I destroyed them because I couldn’t take care of them. |
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 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 © | "But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. |
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NET © | 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. |
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