Add parallel Print Page Options

11 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!

Read full chapter

11 For my own sake,(A) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(B)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(C)

Read full chapter

“I am the Lord; that is my name!
    I will not give my glory to anyone else,
    nor share my praise with carved idols.

Read full chapter

“I am the Lord;(A) that is my name!(B)
    I will not yield my glory to another(C)
    or my praise to idols.(D)

Read full chapter

But I didn’t do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. I would not allow shame to be brought on my name among the surrounding nations who saw me reveal myself by bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.

Read full chapter

But for the sake of my name, I brought them out of Egypt.(A) I did it to keep my name from being profaned(B) in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and in whose sight I had revealed myself to the Israelites.

Read full chapter

14 But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my power in bringing Israel out of Egypt.

Read full chapter

14 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned(A) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.(B)

Read full chapter

35 ‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,
    I will defend this city and protect it.’”

Read full chapter

35 “I will defend(A) this city and save it,
    for my sake(B) and for the sake of David(C) my servant!”

Read full chapter

22 Nevertheless, I withdrew my judgment against them to protect the honor of my name before the nations that had seen my power in bringing them out of Egypt.

Read full chapter

22 But I withheld(A) my hand, and for the sake of my name(B) I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Read full chapter

22 The Lord will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his very own people.

Read full chapter

22 For the sake(A) of his great name(B) the Lord will not reject(C) his people, because the Lord was pleased to make(D) you his own.

Read full chapter

25 “I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake
    and will never think of them again.

Read full chapter

25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
    your transgressions,(A) for my own sake,(B)
    and remembers your sins(C) no more.(D)

Read full chapter

The people say, “Our wickedness has caught up with us, Lord,
    but help us for the sake of your own reputation.
We have turned away from you
    and sinned against you again and again.

Read full chapter

Although our sins testify(A) against us,
    do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.(B)
For we have often rebelled;(C)
    we have sinned(D) against you.

Read full chapter

15 Now if you slaughter all these people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will say, 16 ‘The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.’

Read full chapter

15 If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say, 16 ‘The Lord was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath,(A) so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.’(B)

Read full chapter

44 You will know that I am the Lord, O people of Israel, when I have honored my name by treating you mercifully in spite of your wickedness. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Read full chapter

44 You will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake(A) and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.(B)’”

Read full chapter

39 “As for you, O people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go right ahead and worship your idols, but sooner or later you will obey me and will stop bringing shame on my holy name by worshiping idols.

Read full chapter

39 “‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols,(A) every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name(B) with your gifts and idols.(C)

Read full chapter

That is why I told you what would happen;
    I told you beforehand what I was going to do.
Then you could never say, ‘My idols did it.
    My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!’

Read full chapter

Therefore I told you these things long ago;
    before they happened I announced(A) them to you
so that you could not say,
    ‘My images brought them about;(B)
    my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’

Read full chapter