Isaiah 48:11

In 11 translations

BSB

For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

KJV

For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

WEB

For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.

ASV

For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.

LSV

For My sake, for My own sake, I do [it], || For how is it defiled? And I do not give My glory to another.

YLT

For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do [it], For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.

DBY

For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do [it]; for how should [my name] be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.

DRC

For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.

GNV

For mine owne sake, for mine owne sake wil I doe it: for how should my Name be polluted? surely I wil not giue my glory vnto another.

JPS

For Mine own sake, for Mine own sake, will I do it; for how should it be profaned? And My glory will I not give to another.

LXXE

For mine own sake I will do this for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.

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WLC

לְמַעֲנִ֧י לְמַעֲנִ֛י אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּ֣י אֵ֣יךְ יֵחָ֑ל וּכְבוֹדִ֖י לְאַחֵ֥ר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּֽן׃

LXX-Br

Ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ ποιήσω σοι, ὅτι τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα βεβηλοῦται, καὶ τὴν δόξαν μου ἑτέρῳ οὐ δώσω.

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• Isaiah 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
• 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.
• 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.
• Isaiah 37:35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
• Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
• 1 Samuel 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
• Ezekiel 20:22But 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.
• Jeremiah 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
• Numbers 14:15–16If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
• Ezekiel 20:44Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
• Deuteronomy 32:26–27I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was…
• Ezekiel 20:39And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and…
• Isaiah 48:5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’
• John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
• Romans 2:24As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
• Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

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