1 Samuel 12:22

In 11 translations

BSB

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

KJV

For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

WEB

For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.

ASV

For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

LSV

for YHWH does not leave His people, on account of His great Name; for YHWH has been pleased to make you for a people to Him.

YLT

for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.

DBY

For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.

DRC

And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.

GNV

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great Names sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

JPS

For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto Himself.

LXXE

For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name's sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֠י לֹֽא־יִטֹּ֤שׁ יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ בַּעֲב֖וּר שְׁמ֣וֹ הַגָּד֑וֹל כִּ֚י הוֹאִ֣יל יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת אֶתְכֶ֛ם ל֖וֹ לְעָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι οὐκ ἀπώσεται Κύριος τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ τὸ μέγα, ὅτι ἐπιεικῶς Κύριος προσελάβετο ὑμᾶς ἑαυτῷ εἰς λαόν.

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• Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
• Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Kings 6:13And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
• Psalms 106:8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
• Jeremiah 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
• Romans 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
• Joshua 7:9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
• Deuteronomy 7:7–8The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your…
• Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
• Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
• Lamentations 3:31–32For the Lord will not cast us off forever. Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
• Ephesians 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
• 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.
• Ezekiel 20:9But 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.
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• Matthew 11:26Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

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