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I Samuel 12:Verse 22

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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.

Philippians 1:6Deuteronomy 14:2Psalms 106:8Deuteronomy 7:7Deuteronomy 7:8
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What Does I Samuel 12:22 Mean?

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"Anchoring the survival of the nation not in their fragile obedience, but fully in the unshakeable bedrock of God's character, Samuel promises that Yah..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

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.

American Standard Version
ASV

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.

American King James Version
AKJV

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.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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.

Bible in Basic English
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.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

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.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people to himself.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people to himself.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased Jehovah to make you a people to himself.

Darby Translation
Darby

For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.

Webster Bible
Webster

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.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great Names sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

For Yahweh will not give up his people, because of his great name, for Yahweh was minded to make you his people.

Literal Translation
LITV

For Jehovah will not abandon His people, for the sake of His great name. For Jehovah undertakes to make you a people for Himself.

Modern King James
MKJV

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.

Updated King James
UKJV

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.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

For Yahweh will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name, because Yahweh has decided to make you his own people.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

For HaShem will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; because it hath pleased HaShem to make you a people unto Himself.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And the Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name. For the Lord has sworn to make you his people.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

Revised Webster
RWebster

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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

And the Lord schal not forsake his puple for his grete name; for the Lord swoor to make you a puple to hym silf.

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