21Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
21Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
18 Then Samuel called upon the Lord , and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the Lord and of Samuel.
19 The people all said to Samuel, "Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king."
20 "Do not be afraid," Samuel replied. "You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord , but serve the Lord with all your heart.
21 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
22 For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own.
23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.
12:21And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things,] which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.
12:21And turn not aside after vain things which shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are vain.
12:21and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
12:21and turn ye not aside; for it would be after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
12:21and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
12:21And turn ye not aside: for then would ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
12:21Don't turn aside; for [then you would go] after vain things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
12:21and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they are vain,
12:21And turn you not aside: for then should you go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.