Ezekiel 20:22 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ezekiel 20:22 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezekiel 20:22 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezekiel 20:22 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Nevertheless I withdrew my hand and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.”
Ezekiel 20:22 — World English Bible
Ezekiel 20:22 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. ”
Ezekiel 20:22 — American Standard Version
Ezekiel 20:22 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I have turned back My hand, And I do <FI>it<Fi> for My name's sake, Not to pollute <FI>it<Fi> before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them out.”
Ezekiel 20:22 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezekiel 20:22 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But 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 had brought them out. ”
Ezekiel 20:22 — Darby Translation
Ezekiel 20:22 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Neuerthelesse I withdrew mine hand and had respect to my Name that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them foorth.”
Ezekiel 20:22 — Geneva Bible
Ezekiel 20:22 in Context — Ezekiel 20
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
22 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.
23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
What Does Ezekiel 20:22 Mean?
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