1 Samuel 12:21

WEB

Do not turn aside to go after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

KJV

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

Commentary

Commentary

And turn ye not aside,.... From his worship: for then; if they turned aside from that: should ye go after vain things; idols, which are vanity, and less than vanity: which cannot profit nor deliver; neither bestow good things on their votaries, nor deliver them from evils, or from the hands of their enemies for they are vain; empty, useless, and unprofitable; an idol is nothing in the world, Co1 8:4 .