Isaiah 48:11

Bishop's Bible

And that only for myne owne sake, yea euen for myne owne sake wyll I do this: or els what dishonour woulde they do to my name? surely I wyll not geue my glorie vnto another.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will act for my own sake, indeed, my own,for how can I be defiled?I will not give my glory to another.

Hebrew Names Version
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.

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.

English Standard Version
For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

New American Standard Bible
"For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

New Century Version
I do this for myself, for my own sake. I will not let people speak evil against me, and I will not let some god take my glory.

Amplified Bible
"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].

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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;For how can My name be profaned?And My glory I will not give to another.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
I did this because of who I am. I refuse to be dishonored or share my praise with any other god.

Complete Jewish Bible
For my sake I will do it, for my own sake. I will not let [my reputation] be tarnished; I will not yield my glory to anyone else.

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
I will do this for myself—for me! I will not let you treat me as if I am not important. I will not let some false god take my glory and praise.

George Lamsa Translation
For my own sake, will I do it, that my name may not be polluted and that I may not give my glory to another.

Good News Translation
What I do is done for my own sake— I will not let my name be dishonored or let anyone else share the glory that should be mine and mine alone."

Lexham English 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."

Literal Translation
For My sake, for My sake, I will act; for how is it defiled? And I will not give My glory to another.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And that only for myne owne sake, for I geue myne Honoure to none other, that thou shuldest not despise me.

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.

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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

King James Version (1611)
For mine owne sake, euen for mine owne sake will I doe it; for how should my Name bee polluted? And I will not giue my glory vnto another.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For mine own sake I will do this for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.

English Revised 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal do for me, that Y be not blasfemyd, and Y schal not yyue my glorie to another.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New English Translation
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 King James Version
For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

New Living Translation
I will rescue you for my sake— yes, for my own sake! I will not let my reputation be tarnished, and I will not share my glory with idols!

New Life Bible
For My own good, for My own good, I will do this. For why should I allow My name to be put to shame? I will not give My shining-greatness to another.

New Revised Standard
For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for why should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

J.B. Rotherham 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Revised Standard Version
For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

Young's 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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Neuerthelesse, for my names sake I wyll withdrawe my wrath, and for my honours sake I will patiently forbeare thee, that I do not roote thee out. ¹⁰ Beholde I haue purged thee, yet not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fire of affliction. ¹¹ And that only for myne owne sake, yea euen for myne owne sake wyll I do this: or els what dishonour woulde they do to my name? surely I wyll not geue my glorie vnto another. ¹² Hearken vnto me O Iacob, and Israel whom I haue called: I am euen he that is, I am the first and the last. ¹³ My hande hath layde the foundation of the earth, and my ryght hande hath spanned ouer the heauens: assoone as I call them, they stande together. ¹⁴ Gather you altogether and hearken: Which of yonder gods hath declared this? The Lorde hath a loue vnto him, and he shal perfourme his wyll against Babel, and declare his power against the Chaldees. ¹⁵ I my selfe alone, euen I haue tolde you this, I dyd call him and bryng him foorth, and he shall make his iourney prosperous.

Bible Verse Review
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mine own: Isaiah 48:9

for how: Isaiah 52:5, Numbers 14:15, Numbers 14:16, Deuteronomy 32:26, Deuteronomy 32:27, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:39, Romans 2:24

my name: Shemi "my name," is supplied by one manuscript and the LXX.

I will not: Isaiah 48:5, Isaiah 42:8, John 5:23

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 12:22 - for his great 2 Kings 19:34 - for mine Psalms 115:1 - unto us Isaiah 43:7 - for my

Cross-References

Genesis 37:33
And he knewe it, saying: It is my sonnes coate, a naughtie beast hath deuoured hym, Ioseph is without doubt rent in peeces.

Genesis 37:35
But all his sonnes & all his daughters rose vp to comfort hym: neuerthelesse he woulde not be comforted, but sayde, I wyll go downe into the graue vnto my sonne, mournyng: And thus his father wept for hym.

Genesis 42:36
And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my children, Ioseph is away, and Simeon is away, & ye will take Beniamin away: all these thinges are agaynst me.

Genesis 45:26
And tolde him, saying: Ioseph is yet aliue, and is gouernour ouer al the land of Egypt. And Iacobs heart wauered, for he beleued them not.

Ephesians 3:20
Unto him that is able to do exceeding aboundauntly aboue all that we aske or thynke, accordyng to the power that worketh in vs,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it,.... Defer his anger, not cut off his people and destroy them, but redeem and save them: this, in the literal sense, respects the redemption and deliverance of the Jews by Cyrus from the Babylonish captivity; which the Lord did, not for any deserts of theirs, but for the sake of his own honour and glory; or, as the Targum,

"for my name, and for my word;''

which is repeated here again and again for the confirmation of it, and that it might be more observed. In the mystical sense, it respects redemption and salvation by Christ, of which the former was typical:

for how should my name be polluted? blasphemed and evil spoken of among the nations of the world; who would be ready to say, that either the Lord did not love his people, and was not mercifully disposed towards them; or that he could not save them, and that their hands, or their gods, were mightier than he; see Deuteronomy 32:26

and I will not give my glory to another; to another people, as the Targum, or to another god; Deuteronomy 32:26- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For mine own sake - (See Isaiah 48:9). The expression here is repeated to denote emphasis. He had thrown them into the furnace of affliction on his own account, that is, in order that his own name should not be profaned by their irreligion and idolatry, and that the glory which was due to him should not be given to idols.

For how should my name be polluted? - The sense is, that it would be inconsistent with his perfections to see his name profaned without endeavoring to correct and prevent it; and in order to this, that he brought these afflictions upon them. They had profaned his name by their irreligion and hypocrisy. In order to correct this evil, and to prevent it in future, he had brought these national judgments on them, and removed them to Babylon. The doctrine here taught is, that when the conduct of God’s professed people is such as to dishonor God, and to make his name a subject of reproach with the wicked, he will visit them with heavy judgments. He cannot indulge them in a course of life which will reflect dishonor on his own name.

And I will not give my glory unto another - (See the notes at Isaiah 42:8). The sense here is this. The Jews had, as a nation, been prone to ascribe to idols that which was due to God alone. To correct this, and to make an effectual reform, he had removed them to Babylon, and doomed them to a long and painful captivity there. It may be added that the punishment was effectual, and that their long trial in Babylon served entirely to correct all their idolatrous propensities as a nation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 48:11. For how should my name be polluted - "For how would my name be blasphemed"] The word שמי shemi, my name, is dropped out of the text; it is supplied by a MS. which has שמי shemi; and by the Septuagint, ὁτι το εμον ονομα βεβηλουται. The Syriac and Vulgate get over the difficulty, by making the verb in the first person; that I may not be blasphemed.