1 Samuel 12:22
New International Version
For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.

New Living Translation
The LORD will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the LORD to make you his very own people.

English Standard Version
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 for himself.

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.

King James 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.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
“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.

NASB 1977
“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.

Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because Yahweh has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

Amplified Bible
The LORD will not abandon His people for His great name’s sake, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD will not abandon his people, because of his great name and because he has determined to make you his own people.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD will not abandon His people, because of His great name and because He has determined to make you His own people.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because LORD JEHOVAH has not abandoned his people, because his name is great, for he has been persuaded to make you a people to himself

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name's sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.

Contemporary English Version
But the LORD has chosen you to be his own people. He will always take care of you so that everyone will know how great he is.

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

English Revised Version
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto himself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
For the sake of his great name, the LORD will not abandon his people, because the LORD wants to make you his people.

Good News Translation
The LORD has made a solemn promise, and he will not abandon you, for he has decided to make you his own people.

International Standard Version
Indeed, the LORD won't abandon His people for the sake of His great name, for the LORD desires to make you a people for himself.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; because it hath pleased the LORD to make you a people unto Himself.

Literal Standard Version
for YHWH does not leave His people, on account of His great Name; for YHWH has been pleased to make you for a people to Him.

Majority 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.

New American Bible
For the sake of his own great name the LORD will not abandon his people, since the LORD has decided to make you his people.

NET Bible
The LORD will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The LORD was pleased to make you his own people.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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Context
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. 23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.…

Cross References
Romans 11:1
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Exodus 32:12
Why should the Egyptians declare, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.

Numbers 14:13
But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.

Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you."

Joshua 7:9
When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?"


Treasury of Scripture

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.

the Lord

Deuteronomy 31:17
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

1 Kings 6:13
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

2 Kings 21:14
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

for his great

Exodus 32:12
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Numbers 14:13-19
And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) …

Deuteronomy 32:26,27
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: …

it hath

Exodus 19:5,6
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: …

Deuteronomy 7:7,8
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: …

Deuteronomy 9:5
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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(22) It hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.--The simple doctrine of election--as far as we can see, based alone on the arbitrary will of God (though, no doubt, unseen by us, deep reasons exist for every seemingly arbitrary choice)--is here enunciated. The analogy of every-day life teaches the same truth. "He maketh one vessel to honour and another to dishonour." These things are to us inscrutable.

Verse 22. - For his great name's sake. Though Samuel in ver. 14 had described their well being as dependent upon their own conduct, yet in a higher light it depended upon God's will. He had chosen Israel not for its own sake (Deuteronomy 7:7, 8), but for a special purpose, to minister to the Divine plan for the redemption of all mankind, and so, though individuals might sin to their own ruin, and the nation bring upon itself severe chastisements, yet it must continue according to the tenor of God's promises (see on 1 Samuel 2:30), and through weal and woe discharge the duty imposed upon it.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Indeed,
כִּ֠י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

for the sake
בַּעֲב֖וּר (ba·‘ă·ḇūr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5668: Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that

of His great
הַגָּד֑וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

name
שְׁמ֣וֹ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

abandon
יִטֹּ֤שׁ (yiṭ·ṭōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5203: To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, upon

His people,
עַמּ֔וֹ (‘am·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

because [He]
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

was pleased
הוֹאִ֣יל (hō·w·’îl)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2974: To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)

to make
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

you
אֶתְכֶ֛ם (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

His
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

[own].
לְעָֽם׃ (lə·‘ām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


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