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1 Samuel 12

1 Sam. 12:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And turn ye not aside
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
: for then should ye go after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
vain
tohuw (Hebrew #8414)
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Pronounce: to'-hoo
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lie waste
things, whichc cannot profit
ya`al (Hebrew #3276)
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively: useful, subjectively: benefited)
KJV usage: X at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
Pronounce: yaw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
nor deliver
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
; for they are vain
tohuw (Hebrew #8414)
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Pronounce: to'-hoo
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lie waste
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Jer. 16:19• 19Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited falsehood and vanity; and in these things there is no profit. (Jer. 16:19)
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Jonah 2:8• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:8)
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Hab. 2:18• 18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols? (Hab. 2:18)

Cross References

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vain things.
Deut. 32:21• 21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no *God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger. (Deut. 32:21)
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Jer. 2:5,13• 5Thus saith Jehovah: What injustice have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and become vain?
 13For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water. (Jer. 2:5,13)
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Jer. 10:8,15• 8But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
 15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer. 10:8,15)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
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Jer. 16:19• 19Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited falsehood and vanity; and in these things there is no profit. (Jer. 16:19)
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Jonah 2:8• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:8)
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Hab. 2:18• 18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols? (Hab. 2:18)
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1 Cor. 8:4• 4--concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God save one. (1 Cor. 8:4)
cannot profit.
Psa. 115:4‑8• 4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
 5They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;
 6They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;
 7They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.
 8They that make them are like unto them,--every one that confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)
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Isa. 41:23‑24• 23declare the things that are to happen hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be astonished, and behold it together.
 24Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. … (Isa. 41:23‑24)
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Isa. 44:9‑10• 9They that form a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things are of no profit; and they are their own witnesses: they see not, nor know;--that they may be ashamed.
 10Who hath formed a *god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? (Isa. 44:9‑10)
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Isa. 45:20• 20Gather 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. (Isa. 45:20)
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Isa. 46:7• 7They bear him on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place; there he standeth, he doth not remove from his place: yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not; he saveth him not out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:7)
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Jer. 10:15• 15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jer. 10:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "emptiness." see Isa. 40.17, etc.