Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 48:11
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
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.
BSB text & permissions
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.
KJV text & permissions
For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.
WEB text & permissions
ASVAmerican 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.
ASV text & permissions
BLB is available for the New Testament only in this reader.
BLB text & permissions
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Isaiah 48
9 For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 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.
12 Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
13 Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
Read the full chapter →