1 Samuel 12:22
ContextNET © | The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. 1 The Lord was pleased to make you his own people. |
NIV © | For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own. |
NASB © | "For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself. |
NLT © | The LORD will not abandon his chosen people, for that would dishonor his great name. He made you a special nation for himself. |
MSG © | There's nothing to them. They can't help you. They're nothing but ghost-gods! GOD, simply because of who he is, is not going to walk off and leave his people. GOD took delight in making you into his very own people. |
BBE © | For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord’s pleasure to make of you a people for himself. |
NRSV © | For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself. |
NKJV © | "For the LORD will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people. |
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NET © | The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. 1 The Lord was pleased to make you his own people. |
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1 tn Heb “on account of his great name.” |