1 Samuel 12:21

12:21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. ¹ 

1 Samuel 14:38

14:38 Then Saul said, “All you leaders of the army come here. Find out ²  how this sin occurred today.

[12:21]  ¹ tn Or “useless” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “nothing”; NASB “futile”; TEV “are not real.”

[14:38]  ² tn Heb “know and see.”