Ezekiel 20:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But 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.

Young's Literal Translation
And I do [it] for My name’s sake, Not to pollute [it] before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them forth.

King James Bible
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

Hebrew
But I acted
וָאֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה (wā·’e·‘ĕ·śeh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

for the sake
לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Preposition
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

of My name,
שְׁמִ֑י (šə·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8034: A name

so that it would not
לְבִלְתִּ֤י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

be profaned
הֵחֵל֙ (hê·ḥêl)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

in the eyes
לְעֵינֵ֣י (lə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the nations
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

in whose
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

sight
לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ (lə·‘ê·nê·hem)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

I had brought them out.
הוֹצֵאתִ֖ים (hō·w·ṣê·ṯîm)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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