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Ezekiel 20:22

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20:22But I refrained from doing so,38 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 38 Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But I withheld 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But 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 brought them out.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I withheld my hand, and I acted for the sake of my name not to be profaned before the eyes of the nations before whom I had brought them out before their eyes.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.