1 Samuel 12:21

NETBible	You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.¹
NIV © biblegateway 1Sa 12:21	Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
NASB © biblegateway 1Sa 12:21	"You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.
NLT © biblegateway 1Sa 12:21	Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you––they really are useless!
MSG © biblegateway 1Sa 12:21	Don't chase after ghost-gods.
BBE © SABDAweb 1Sa 12:21	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus 1Sa 12:21	and do not turn aside after useless things that cannot profit or save, for they are useless.
NKJV © biblegateway 1Sa 12:21	"And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.
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KJV	And turn ye not aside <05493> (8799)_: for [then should ye go] after <0310> vain <08414> [things], which cannot profit <03276> (8686) nor deliver <05337> (8686)_; for they [are] vain <08414>_.
NASB © biblegateway 1Sa 12:21	"You must not turn <05493> aside <05493> , for then you would go after <0310> futile <08414> things <08414> which <0834> can not profit <03276> or deliver <05337> , because <03588> they are futile <08414> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ mh <3165> ADV parabhte <3845> V-AAS-2P opisw <3694> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM mhyen <3367> A-ASN ontwn <1510> V-PAPGP oi <3739> R-NPM ou <3364> ADV peranousin {V-PAI-3P} ouyen <3762> A-ASN kai <2532> CONJ oi <3739> R-NPM ouk <3364> ADV exelountai <1807> V-FMI-3P oti <3754> CONJ ouyen <3762> A-NSN eisin <1510> V-PAI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	You should not <03808> turn aside <05493> after <0310> empty <08414> things that <0834> can’t <03808> profit <03276> and can’t <03808> deliver <05337> , since <03588> they <01992> are empty <08414> .
HEBREW	hmh <01992> wht <08414> yk <03588> wlyuy <05337> alw <03808> wlyewy <03276> al <03808> rsa <0834> whth <08414> yrxa <0310> yk <03588> wrwot <05493> alw (12:21) <03808>


NETBible	You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.¹
NET Notes	¹tn Or “useless” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “nothing”; NASB “futile”; TEV “are not real.”