Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For my own sake, for my own sake I do [it]; for why should it be defiled? And I will not give my glory to another."
New American Standard Bible
For how can My name be profaned?
And My
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
for how can I
I will not give My glory to another.
International Standard Version
For my own sake Yes, for my own sake! I'm doing it; indeed, how can I be profaned? Furthermore, I won't give my glory to another."
A Conservative Version
For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it. For how should [my name] be profaned? And I not will give my glory to another.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it [I refrain and do not completely destroy you];
For how can My Name be defiled and profaned [as it would if My chosen people were completely destroyed]?
And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you].
Bible in Basic English
For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
For my :sake, for my sake will I do: for how shall it be defiled? and I will not give my glory to another.
King James 2000
For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Modern King James verseion
For my sake, for My sake I will do it; for why should My name be defiled? And I will not give My glory to another.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And that only for mine own sake, for I give mine honour to none other, that thou shouldest not despise me.
NET Bible
For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!
New Heart English Bible
For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.
The Emphasized Bible
For mine own sake - for mine own sake, will I effectually work For how should it be profaned? And, my glory - to another, will I not give.
Webster
For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory to another.
World English Bible
For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should [my name] be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another.
Youngs Literal Translation
For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do it, For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 48:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel
10 Look! I have refined you, but not like silver; I have chosen you in [the] furnace of misery. 11 For my own sake, for my own sake I do [it]; for why should it be defiled? And I will not give my glory to another." 12 "Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, {whom I called}: I [am] he. I [am the] first; also I [am the] last.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 42:8
I [am] Yahweh; that [is] my name, and I do not give my glory to another, nor my praise to the idols.
Ezekiel 20:9
"But I acted for the sake of my name {to keep it from being profaned} before the eyes of the nations {among whom they lived}, where I made known to them before their eyes, to bring them out from the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 32:26-27
I thought, "I will wipe them out; {I will make people forget they ever existed}."
Numbers 14:15-16
But if you destroy this people {all at once}, the nations that will have heard your message will say,
1 Samuel 12:22
For Yahweh will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name, because Yahweh has decided to make you his [own] people.
Isaiah 37:35
'And I will defend this city, to save it for my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.'"
Isaiah 43:25
I, I am the one who blots out your transgressions for my sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 48:5
And I declared [them] to you from of old; I { announced} [them] to you before they came [to pass] so that you would not say, 'My idol did them, and my image and my cast image commanded them.'
Isaiah 52:5
And now what do I have here?"{declares} Yahweh, "for my people is taken without cause. Its rulers howl," {declares} Yahweh--"and my name [is] reviled continually, all day.
Jeremiah 14:7
Although our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. Yes, our apostasies are many; we have sinned against you.
Ezekiel 20:14
and I acted for the sake of my name, [that it] not be profaned before the eyes of the nations {before whom I brought them out}.
Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld my hand, and I acted for the sake of my name not to be profaned before the eyes of the nations [before] whom I [had] brought them out before their eyes.
Ezekiel 20:39
And you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: "[Let] each one go serve his idols [now] and after, if you [are] not listening to me, but {my holy name} you will not profane [any] longer with your gifts and with your idols.
Ezekiel 20:44
And you will know that I [am] Yahweh {when I deal with you} for the sake of my name and {not according to your evil ways} or {according to} your corrupted deeds, house of Israel," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
John 5:23
in order that all [people] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
Romans 2:24
For just as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."