1 Samuel 12:21
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And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
In other translations
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
Hebrew words
וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808תָּסוּרוּtasuruyou must turn asideH5493כִּי׀kiforH3588אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310הַתֹּהוּhatohu<the> emptinessH8414אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יוֹעִילוּyo'iluthey will benefitH3276וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יַצִּילוּyatziluthey will rescueH5337כִּי־ki-forH3588תֹהוּtohu[are] emptinessH8414הֵמָּה׃hemahtheyH1992
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
- Jeremiah 10:15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
- Jeremiah 16:19O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
- Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
- Deuteronomy 11:16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
- Isaiah 44:9-109 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?9 All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. 10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
- Isaiah 46:7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
- Jonah 2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
- Isaiah 45:20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
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