22for 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.


In Context

19 and all the people say unto Samuel, 'Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, and we do not die, for we have added to all our sins evil to ask for us a king.'

20 And Samuel saith unto the people, 'Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah — and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,

21 and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they are vain,

22 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.

23 'I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;

24 only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

1 Samuel 12:22 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:22For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:22And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:22For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:22For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:22For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:22For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.