1 SAM 12:21 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ μὴ παραβῆτε ὀπίσω τῶν μηθὲν ὄντων, οἳ οὐ περανοῦσιν οὐθὲν, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἐξελοῦνται, ὅτι οὐθέν εἰσιν.
(Kai maʸ parabaʸte opisō tōn maʸthen ontōn, hoi ou peranousin outhen, kai hoi ouk exelountai, hoti outhen eisin. )

BrTr And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

ULT And do not turn aside, for after the nothingness that does not profit and does not deliver, for they are nothingness.

UST Do not abandon Yahweh and worship useless idols. Because they are truly useless, they can not benefit you or rescue you from your enemies.

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

OEB and do not turn aside after useless things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are useless.

WEBBE Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.

LSV and you do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain,

FBV Don't worship worthless idols that can't help you or save you, for they are nothing.

T4T Do not abandon Yahweh and worship useless idols. They cannot help you or save you from your enemies, because they are truly useless.

LEB No LEB 1 SAM book available

BBE 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.

Moff No Moff 1 SAM book available

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

ASV and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

DRA And turn not aside after vain things which shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are vain.

YLT and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain,

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

RV and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
(and turn ye/you_all not aside: for then should ye/you_all go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain. )

SLT And ye shall not turn aside: for after vanities which will not profit, and they will not deliver, for they are vanities.

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

KJB-1769 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
(And turn ye/you_all not aside: for then should ye/you_all go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. )

KJB-1611 And turne ye not aside, for then should ye goe after vaine things, which cannot profit, nor deliuer, for they are vaine.)
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps No Bshps 1 SAM book available

Gnva Neither turne yee backe: for that shoulde be after vaine things which cannot profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie)
(Neither turn ye/you_all back: for that should be after vain things which cannot profit you, nor deliver you, for they are but vanitie) )

Cvdl No Cvdl 1 SAM book available

Wycl No Wycl 1 SAM book available

Luth No Luth 1 SAM book available

ClVg Et nolite declinare post vana, quæ non proderunt vobis, neque eruent vos, quia vana sunt.
(And don't declinare after in_vain, which not/no proderunt to_you, nor eruent you, because in_vain are. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 SAM book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠לֹ֖א תָּס֑וּרוּ & הַ⁠תֹּ֗הוּ

and=not turn_aside & the,useless

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [And do not turn aside from Yahweh, for that would be to go after the nothingness]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לֹ֖א תָּס֑וּרוּ & הַ⁠תֹּ֗הוּ

and=not turn_aside & the,useless

Samuel is speaking as if the Israelites might leave a path to follow after something that has no substance. He is using this image to mean they might stop worshiping Yahweh and worship idols instead. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And do not worship idols instead of Yahweh, for that would be giving your devotion to something that has no substance]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְ⁠לֹ֖א תָּס֑וּרוּ & הַ⁠תֹּ֗הוּ & לֹֽא־יוֹעִ֛ילוּ וְ⁠לֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ & תֹ֥הוּ

and=not turn_aside & the,useless & not profit and=not deliver & formlessness

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the command that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [And since that would be giving your devotion to something that has no substance, do not worship idols instead of Yahweh,]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠תֹּ֗הוּ & לֹֽא־יוֹעִ֛ילוּ וְ⁠לֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ

the,useless & not profit and=not deliver

Samuel assumes that his listeners will understand that by nothingness, he means idols that represent non-existent gods. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [idols that represent non-existent gods, which do not profit and cannot deliver]

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