Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBut 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. Young's Literal Translation And I have turned back My hand, 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 out. King James Bible 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. Hebrew But I withheldוַהֲשִׁבֹ֙תִי֙ (wa·hă·ši·ḇō·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again My hand יָדִ֔י (yā·ḏî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3027: A hand and acted וָאַ֖עַשׂ (wā·’a·‘aś) 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 אֲשֶׁר־ (’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. הוֹצֵ֥אתִי (hō·w·ṣê·ṯî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim |