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1 Samuel 12:21

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And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;	And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.	For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And turn ye not aside^H5493: for then should ye go after^H310 vain^H8414 things, which cannot profit^H3276 nor deliver^H5337; for they are vain^H8414.

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Original Hebrew

וְלֹא תָּסוּרוּ כִּי ׀ אַחֲרֵי הַתֹּהוּ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יֹועִילוּ וְלֹא יַצִּילוּ כִּי־תֹהוּ הֵמָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/לֹ֖א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
תָּס֑וּרוּ	ta.Su.ru	H5493	HVqi2mp	you must turn aside
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
אַחֲרֵ֣י	'a.cha.Rei	H310	HR	after
הַ/תֹּ֗הוּ	ha./To.hu	H8414	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ emptiness
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
יוֹעִ֛ילוּ	yo.'I.lu	H3276	HVhi3mp	they will benefit
וְ/לֹ֥א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
יַצִּ֖ילוּ	ya.Tzi.lu	H5337	HVhi3mp	they will rescue
כִּי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
תֹ֥הוּ	To.hu	H8414	HNcmsa	(are) emptiness
הֵֽמָּה	He.mah	H1992	HPp3mp	they

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• H3276 — יַעַל (yaʻal, yaw-al'): a primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited); [idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
• H5337 — נָצַל (nâtsal, naw-tsal'): a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
• H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
• H8414 — תֹּהוּ (tôhûw, to'-hoo): from an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain; confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• cannot profit — Psalms 115:4-8, Isaiah 41:23-24, Isaiah 44:9-10, Isaiah 45:20, Isaiah 46:7, Jeremiah 10:15
• vain things — Deuteronomy 32:21, Jeremiah 2:5, Jeremiah 2:13, Jeremiah 10:8, Jeremiah 10:15, Jeremiah 14:22, Jeremiah 16:19, Jonah 2:8, Habakkuk 2:18, 1 Corinthians 8:4

Reciprocal references (11): 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Kings 17:15, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 101:3, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Jeremiah 2:8, Mark 7:7, Acts 14:15, 1 Corinthians 14:6, 2 Timothy 2:14

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: PROFIT AND LOSS, STEADFASTNESS-INSTABILITY
• Nave’s: IDOLATRY

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