1 Samuel 12:21

And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.

And turn ye not aside {H5493}: for then should ye go after {H310} vain {H8414} things, which cannot profit {H3276} nor deliver {H5337}; for they are vain {H8414}.

Don't turn to the side; because then you would go after useless things that can neither help nor rescue, they are so futile.

Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Habakkuk 2:18 (6 votes)

    What 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?

  • Jeremiah 16:19 (5 votes)

    O 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.

  • Jeremiah 10:15 (5 votes)

    They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • Jeremiah 14:22 (4 votes)

    Are 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].

  • Deuteronomy 11:16 (4 votes)

    Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • Isaiah 46:7 (3 votes)

    They 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.

  • Isaiah 44:9 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.