1 Samuel 12:21

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Neither turne yee backe: for that shoulde be after vaine things which cannot profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie)

Leeser Tanakh ☆

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

World English Bible ☆

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain,

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after hatohu (the vain, empty thing, idol), which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are tohu (vain, empty).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَلَا تَحِيدُوا. لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ وَرَاءَ ٱلْأَبَاطِيلِ ٱلَّتِي لَا تُفِيدُ وَلَا تُنْقِذُ، لِأَنَّهَا بَاطِلَةٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ဘု​ရား​အ​တု​အ​ယောင်​တို့​နောက်​သို့​မ​လိုက်​ကြ နှင့်။ ထို​ဘု​ရား​များ​သည်​ဘု​ရား​အ​စစ်​မ​ဟုတ် သ​ဖြင့်​သင်​တို့​အား​ကူ​မ​ရန်​သော်​လည်း​ကောင်း၊ ကယ်​တင်​ရန်​သော်​လည်း​ကောင်း​မ​တတ်​နိုင်​ကြ။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ကျေးဇူး မ ပြု မ ကယ်တင် နိုင်၊ အချည်းနှီး ဖြစ်သော အရာတို့နောက် သို့ လမ်း လွှဲ၍ မ လိုက်ကြနှင့်။ ထိုသို့သောအရာသည် အချည်းနှီး သက်သက်ဖြစ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Tidoeh avang ai, atho om ai moe, pahlong thai ai hmuennawk hnukah caeh o hmah; to baktih hmuennawk loe azom pui ah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hinghong hnukah taengphael uh boeh. Amih tah hinghong tih n'hoeikhang sak mahpawh, n'huul mahpawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hinghong hnukah taengphael uh boeh. Amih tah hinghong tih n'hoeikhang sak mahpawh, n'huul mahpawh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

若偏离 耶和华去顺从那不能救人的虚神是无益的。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

若偏離 耶和華去順從那不能救人的虛神是無益的。

World Chinese Bible ☆

不要转离去随从那些不能使人得益、也不能拯救人的虚无之物，因为它们本是虚无。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ne priklanjajte se više ništavim idolima koji vam ništa ne koriste, ništa vam ne pomažu jer su samo ništavila.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Neodstupujte, pravím, následujíce marnosti, totiž cizích bohů, kteříž nic neprospívají, aniž vysvobozují, nebo jsou marnost.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

og vend eder ikke til dem, som er Tomhed* og hverken kan hjælpe eller frelse, fordi de er Tomhed. { [*dvs. Afguder.] }

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En wijkt niet af; want gij zoudt de ijdelheden na volgen, die niet bevorderlijk zijn, noch verlossen, want zij zijn ijdelheden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

zonder af te wijken naar die nietswaardigheden, die, juist omdat ze niets waard zijn, niet kunnen helpen en redden.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj ne forkliniĝu al la vantaĵoj, kiuj ne helpas nek savas, ĉar ili estas vantaĵo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

et ne vous détournez point, car [ce serait vous en aller] après des choses de néant, qui ne profitent pas et ne délivrent pas, car ce sont des choses de néant.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ne vous en détournez point, car ce serait aller après des choses de néant, qui ne profitent ni ne délivrent, parce que ce sont des choses de néant.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ne vous en détournez pas; sinon, vous iriez après des choses de néant, qui n’apportent ni profit ni délivrance, parce que ce sont des choses de néant.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ne vous détournez pas vers des choses vaines, qui ne peuvent ni vous être utiles ni vous délivrer, puisqu’elles sont vaines.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

und weichet nicht ab, denn ihr würdet den Nichtigen nachgehen, die nichts nützen und nicht erretten, denn sie sind nichtig.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

und folgt nicht dem Eitlen nach; denn es nützt nicht und kann nicht erretten, weil es ein eitel Ding ist.

German Textbibel ☆

und folgt nicht den Nichtigen nach, die zu nichts taugen und nicht retten, da sie nichtig sind.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und weichet nicht ab zu den Nichtigen; sie nützen euch nichts und können euch nicht erretten; denn sie sind nichtig.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ μὴ παραβῆτε ὀπίσω τῶν μηθὲν ὄντων, οἳ οὐ περανοῦσιν οὐθὲν καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἐξελοῦνται, ὅτι οὐθέν εἰσιν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ μὴ παραβῆτε ὀπίσω τῶν μηθὲν ὄντων, οἳ οὐ περανοῦσιν οὐθὲν, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἐξελοῦνται, ὅτι οὐθέν εἰσιν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pa vire do ba li pou n' al sèvi sa ki pa Bondye. Yo pa ka ede nou, yo pa ka sove nou, paske yo menm yo pa anyen.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Mai huli ae oukou mamuli o na mea lapuwale, na mea hiki ole ke kokua mai, no ka mea, ua lapuwale lakou.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְלֹ֖א תָּס֑וּרוּ כִּ֣י ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַתֹּ֗הוּ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יֹועִ֛ילוּ וְלֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ כִּי־תֹ֥הוּ הֵֽמָּה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ולא תסורו כי אחרי התהו אשר לא יועילו ולא יצילו כי תהו המה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Non vi rivolgete pure indietro; perciocchè voi andreste dietro a cose vane, le quali non possono giovare, nè liberare; perciocchè son cose vane .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

non ve ne ritraete, perché andreste dietro a cose vane, che non posson giovare ne liberare, perché son cose vane.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

それてはならない。もしそれるなら、有益でもなく救い出すこともできない、むなしいものに従って行くことになる。それらはむなしいからである。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

돌이켜 유익하게도 못하며 구원하지도 못하는 헛된 것을 좇지 말라 ! 그들은 헛되니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nik kowos fahsr tukun god lusrongten. Elos tia ku in kasrekowos, ku molikowosla, mweyen elos tia ma pwaye.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et nolite declinare post vana, quæ non proderunt vobis, neque eruent vos, quia vana sunt.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و در عقب اباطیلی که منفعت ندارد و رهایی نتواند داد، چونکه باطل است، برنگردید.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Não se desviem para seguir coisas inúteis que não podem trazer proveito nem salvar, pois são vaidades.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Não vos desvieis a fim de seguir as vaidades que não aproveitam nem livram, porque são vaidades.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și nu vă abateți, pentru că atunci ați merge după lucruri deșarte, care nu folosesc, nici nu eliberează, pentru că acestea sunt deșertăciune.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ну вэ абатець де ла Ел, алтфел аць мерӂе дупэ лукрурь де нимик, каре н-адук нич фолос, нич избэвире, пентру кэ сунт лукрурь де нимик.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

и не обращайтесь вслед ничтожных богов, которые не принесут пользы и не избавят; ибо они - ничто;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ne odstupajte; jer biste pošli za ništavim stvarima, koje ne pomažu, niti izbavljaju, jer su ništave.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Не одступајте; јер бисте пошли за ништавим стварима, које не помажу, нити избављају, јер су ништаве.

Mashi Bible ☆

“Mumanye mwakashubiderha mpu mukola mwagendikulikira eby’obukurungu n’obwo birhankanamuciza ciru, bulya bya busha”.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

No os apartéis en pos de las vanidades, que no aprovechan ni libran, porque son vanidades.

Spanish BLL ☆

No se vayan tras cosas vanas que no aprovechan ni liberan.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

No os vayáis tras cosas vanas que no aprovechan ni liberan.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y no vayas por el camino de aquellos dioses falsos en los que no hay beneficio ni salvación, porque son falsos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

No se aparten tras vanidades que no aprovechan ni libran, porque son vanidades.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea ʻoua naʻa mou afe atu: he ka pehē te mou muimui ai ki he ngaahi meʻa vaʻinga, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai ʻaonga pe faʻa fakamoʻui; he ko e meʻa vaʻinga.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І не ходїте за пустими богами, що з них нї користї, нї вибави, бо вони нїчо.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І не ходїте за пустими богами, що з них нї користї, нї вибави, бо вони нїчо.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

chớ lìa bỏ Ngài đặng đi theo những hình tượng hư không, chẳng có ích chi, cũng không biết cứu; vì hình tượng chỉ là hư không mà thôi.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְלֹ֖א תָּס֑וּרוּ כִּ֣י ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַתֹּ֗הוּ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יוֹעִ֛ילוּ וְלֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ כִּי־תֹ֥הוּ הֵֽמָּה׃