Psalm 106:8
New International Version
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his mighty power known.

New Living Translation
Even so, he saved them— to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.

English Standard Version
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

Berean Standard Bible
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

King James Bible
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

New King James Version
Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty power known.

New American Standard Bible
Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, So that He might make His power known.

NASB 1995
Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known.

NASB 1977
Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His might known.

Amplified Bible
Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His [supreme] power known.

Christian Standard Bible
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, to make his power known.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet He saved them because of His name, to make His power known.

American Standard Version
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He saved them because of his Name to show his manliness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.

Contemporary English Version
But you were true to your name, and you rescued them to prove how mighty you are.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.

English Revised Version
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He saved them because of his reputation so that he could make his mighty power known.

Good News Translation
But he saved them, as he had promised, in order to show his great power.

International Standard Version
He delivered for the sake of his name, to make his power known.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, That He might make His mighty power to be known.

Literal Standard Version
And He saves them for His Name’s sake, | To make His might known,

Majority Standard Bible
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

New American Bible
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake to make his power known.

NET Bible
Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.

New Revised Standard Version
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake, so that he might make known his mighty power.

New Heart English Bible
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

World English Bible
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known.

Young's Literal Translation
And He saveth them for His name's sake, To make known His might,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea. 8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known. 9He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.…

Cross References
Exodus 9:16
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Exodus 14:11
They said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 14:30
That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

Joshua 4:24
He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God."

1 Samuel 12:22
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

Psalm 77:14
You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.

Psalm 109:21
But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.


Treasury of Scripture

Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

he saved

Psalm 143:11
Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Numbers 14:13-16
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: …

that he

Psalm 111:6
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

Exodus 9:16
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

Exodus 15:6
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

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Psalm 106
1. The psalmist exhorts to praise God
4. He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers
7. The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy
47. He concludes with prayer and praise














Verse 8. - Nevertheless he saved them for his Name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. (On this motive for the mighty works done in Egypt, see Exodus 7:5; Exodus 14:4, 18; Exodus 15:11-16.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Yet He saved them
וַֽ֭יּוֹשִׁיעֵם (way·yō·wō·šî·‘êm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

for the sake of
לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Preposition
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

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

to make His power
גְּבוּרָתֽוֹ׃ (gə·ḇū·rā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1369: Force, valor, victory

known.
לְ֝הוֹדִ֗יעַ (lə·hō·w·ḏî·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3045: To know


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