Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.

New American Standard Bible

For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.

King James Version

For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Holman Bible

I will delay My anger for the honor of My name,
and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and for My praise,
so that you will not be destroyed.

International Standard Version

I defer my anger for my name's sake, and as my first act I'm restraining it for you, so as not to cut you off.

A Conservative Version

For my name's sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will refrain for thee, that I not cut thee off.

American Standard Version

For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Amplified


“For the sake of My Name I refrain from My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain Myself from you,
So that I do not cut you off.

Bible in Basic English

Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.

Darby Translation

For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.

Julia Smith Translation

For sake of my name I will delay Mine anger; I will be muzzled towards thee, not cutting thee of

King James 2000

For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I restrain it for you, that I cut you not off.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the sake of my name I {refrain from} my anger, and [for] my praise I restrain [it] for you [so as] not to cut you off.

Modern King James verseion

For My name's sake I will put off My anger, and for My praise I will hold back for you, that I do not cut you off.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Nevertheless, for my name's sake, I have withdrawn my wrath, and for mine honour's sake I have overseen thee, so that I have not rooted thee out.

NET Bible

For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.

New Heart English Bible

For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.

The Emphasized Bible

For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee, - So as not to cut thee off.

Webster

For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

World English Bible

For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For my name's
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

sake will I defer
ארך 
'arak 
Usage: 34

and for my praise
תּהלּה 
T@hillah 
Usage: 57

will I refrain
חטם 
Chatam 
Usage: 1

Context Readings

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

8 Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And 'Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee. 9 For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off. 10 Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.

Cross References

Psalm 78:38

And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

Nehemiah 9:30-31

'And Thou drawest over them many years, and testifiest against them by Thy Spirit, by the hand of Thy prophets, and they have not given ear, and Thou dost give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,

Psalm 103:8-10

Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

Isaiah 48:11

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

Joshua 7:9

and the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land do hear, and have come round against us, and cut off our name out of the earth; and what dost Thou do for Thy great name?'

1 Samuel 12:22

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.

Psalm 25:11

For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it is great.

Psalm 79:9

Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.

Psalm 106:8

And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

Psalm 143:11

For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,

Proverbs 19:11

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory is to pass over transgression.

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

Isaiah 37:35

And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'

Isaiah 43:25

I -- I am He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

Jeremiah 14:7

Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

Ezekiel 20:9

And I do it for My name's sake, Not to pollute it before the eyes of the nations, In whose midst they are, Before whose eyes I became known to them, To bring them out from the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:14

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.

Ezekiel 20:22

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.

Ezekiel 20:44

And ye have known that I am Jehovah, In My dealing with you for My name's sake, Not according to your evil ways, And according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

Daniel 9:17-19

and now, hearken, O our God, unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, and cause Thy face to shine on Thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

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