1 Samuel 12:21

What does 1 Samuel 12:21 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 12:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they <FI>are<Fi> vain,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And turn not aside after vain things, which shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are vain.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and turn ye not aside; for [it would be] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

Context

v.20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart:

v.21This passage

v.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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 10:15

    They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • Isaiah 46:7

    They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

  • Jeremiah 2:13

    For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  • Isaiah 45:20

    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

  • Jeremiah 14:22

    Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

  • Psalms 115:4

    Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

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