Isaiah 48:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For My own sake—yes, for My own sake—I will act. For how can My name be defiled? I will not give My glory to another.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַעֲנִ֧י לְמַעֲנִ֛י אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּ֣י אֵ֣יךְ יֵחָ֑ל וּכְבוֹדִ֖י לְאַחֵ֥ר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּֽן׃

Transliteration

For lemaʿănî lemaʿănî ʾeʿĕśeh for how yēḥāl and kebôdî to ʾaḥēr not ʾettēn

Grammar Details

• *lemaʿănî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - for my sake
• *ʾeʿĕśeh*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will do/act
• *yēḥāl*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it is profaned/defiled
• *kebôdî*: masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my glory/honor
• *ʾaḥēr*: adjective masculine singular - another
• *ʾettēn*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will give

Word Meanings

• *lemaʿănî*: for my sake/for my own purpose/on my account
• *ʾeʿĕśeh*: I will do/I will act/I will work
• *yēḥāl*: is profaned/is defiled/is polluted
• *kebôdî*: my glory/my honor/my dignity
• *ʾaḥēr*: another/other/someone else
• *ʾettēn*: I will give/I will grant/I will allow

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For my own sake, even for my own sake, I will do it: for how should my name be polluted? And I will not give my glory to another.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And that only for myne owne sake, for I geue myne Honoure to none other, that thou shuldest not despise me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (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!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 42:8 : 8 I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and where I had made myself known to them by bringing them out of Egypt.
• Deut 32:26-27 : 26 I said I would scatter them and erase their memory from mankind, 27 but I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say, 'Our own hand has triumphed; it was not the LORD who did all this.'
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not abandon His people for the sake of His great name, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.
• Isa 37:35 : 35 I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.
• Num 14:15-16 : 15 If you put all these people to death as one man, the nations who have heard about your fame will say, 16 'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.'
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
• Ezek 20:22 : 22 But I withdrew my hand and acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
• Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward, you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.
• Ezek 20:44 : 44 Then you will know that I am the LORD when I deal with you for the sake of my name, not according to your evil ways or your corrupt practices, house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.
• John 5:23 : 23 'So that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.'
• Rom 2:24 : 24 For as it is written, 'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.'
• Isa 43:25 : 25 I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
• Isa 48:5 : 5 I declared it to you long ago; before it happened, I made you hear of it, so you could not say, 'My idol has done this; my carved and molten images have commanded it.'
• Isa 52:5 : 5 And now, what do I have here? declares the LORD. My people have been taken away for nothing, and their rulers mock, declares the LORD. And all day long, my name is constantly blasphemed.
• Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.