For my sake alone ¹  I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? ²  I will not share my glory with anyone else! ³ 

biblegateway Isa 48:11

"For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another.

I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own, for how can I be defiled? I will not give My glory to another.

I am doing this for myself, only for myself. Why should my name be dishonored? I will not give my glory to anyone else.

biblegateway Isa 48:11

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

bibleoremus Isa 48:11

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for why should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

For my honour's sake, for my own honour I did it; I will not let my name be profaned or yield my glory to any other god.

biblegateway Isa 48:11

For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it ; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

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.

biblegateway Isa 48:11

For my sake alone ¹  I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? ²  I will not share my glory with anyone else! ³ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי (lÿma’ani, “for my sake”) for emphasis.

² tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “for how can it be defiled?” The subject of the verb is probably “name” (v. 9).

³ sn See 42:8.