Isaiah 48:11

THE MESSAGE

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.

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

¹²"Listen, Jacob. Listen, Israel— I'm the One who named you! I'm the One. I got things started and, yes, I'll wrap them up. Earth is my work, handmade. And the skies—I made them, too, horizon to horizon. When I speak, they're on their feet, at attention. ¹⁴"Come everybody, gather around, listen: Who among the gods has delivered the news? I, God , love this man Cyrus, and I'm using him to do what I want with Babylon. I, yes I, have spoken. I've called him. I've brought him here. He'll be successful. Come close, listen carefully: I've never kept secrets from you. I've always been present with you." And now, the Master, God , sends me and his Spirit with this Message from God , your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel: "I am God , your God, who teaches you how to live right and well. I show you what to do, where to go. If you had listened all along to what I told you, your life would have flowed full like a river, blessings rolling in like waves from the sea. Children and grandchildren are like sand, your progeny like grains of sand. There would be no end of them, no danger of losing touch with me." Get out of Babylon! Run from the Babylonians! Shout the news. Broadcast it. Let the world know, the whole world. Tell them, " God redeemed his dear servant Jacob!" They weren't thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water pour out of the rock; he split the rock and the water gushed. "There is no peace," says God , "for the wicked."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
He recognized it at once. "My son's coat—a wild animal has eaten him. Joseph torn limb from limb!"

Genesis 42:36
Their father said to them, "You're taking everything I've got! Joseph's gone, Simeon's gone, and now you want to take Benjamin. If you have your way, I'll be left with nothing."

Ephesians 3:20
God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!

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.