1 Samuel 12:21

83 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

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.

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 w/ Strongs

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

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

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.

English Berean Standard Bible

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

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

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.

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.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

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

Kosraean Bible

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

World Portuguese Bible

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

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.

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.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဘုရားအတုအယောင်တို့နောက်သို့မလိုက်ကြ နှင့်။ ထိုဘုရားများသည်ဘုရားအစစ်မဟုတ် သဖြင့်သင်တို့အားကူမရန်သော်လည်းကောင်း၊ ကယ်တင်ရန်သော်လည်းကောင်းမတတ်နိုင်ကြ။-

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

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

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.

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 .

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)

Danish Bible 1931

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Esperanto Bible

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

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.

German Luther Bible 1912

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

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

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

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.

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.

Croatian Bible

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

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

German Textbibel

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

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

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