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Ezekiel 20:9

But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאַ֙עַשׂ֙va.'A.'asand I actedH6213 →
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anfor [the] sake ofH4616 →
שְׁמִ֔יshe.Miname myH8034 →
לְבִלְתִּ֥יle.vil.Tito notH1115 →
הֵחֵ֛לhe.Chelto be profanedH2490 →
לְעֵינֵ֥יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes ofH5869 →
הַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
הֵ֣מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
בְתוֹכָ֑םve.to.Kham[were] in midst of themH8432 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
נוֹדַ֤עְתִּיno.Da'.tiI had made myself knownH3045 →
אֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.Hemto themH413 →
לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔םle.'Ei.nei.Hemto eyes theirH5869 →
לְהוֹצִיאָ֖םle.ho.tzi.'Amby bringing out themH3318 →
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →

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Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.Isaiah 48:11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.Psalms 106:8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.Ezekiel 39:7So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.Ezekiel 20:22But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.Isaiah 37:35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”Numbers 14:13But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.Psalms 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.Ezekiel 20:14But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.Ezekiel 36:21–22But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.Leviticus 26:45But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”2 Samuel 7:23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.Ezekiel 20:44Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”1 Samuel 4:8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.Deuteronomy 9:28Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’Deuteronomy 32:26–27I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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