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1 Samuel 12:22
Samuel’s Farewell Address
21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
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Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
American Standard Version (1901)
For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Free Bible Version
The fact is because of the kind of person the Lord is, he won't give up on his people, because he was happy to claim you as his own.
King James (Authorized) Version
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Translation for Translators
Yahweh decided to make us his people. So he will not abandon us people whom he has chosen, because he would injure his own reputation of being completely faithful if he did that.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For the sake of his great name, Yahweh will not reject his people, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.
Noah Webster Bible
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
World English Bible
For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.
Young's Literal Translation
for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.