1 Samuel 12:21 - Compare All Versions
1 Samuel 12:21 NIV (New International Version)
Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
1 Samuel 12:21 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
1 Samuel 12:21 NLT (New Living Translation)
Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!
1 Samuel 12:21 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or rescue you; they are worthless.
1 Samuel 12:21 KJV (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.
1 Samuel 12:21 NKJV (New King James Version)
And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.
1 Samuel 12:20-22 MSG (The Message)
Samuel said to them, “Don’t be fearful. It’s true that you have done something very wrong. All the same, don’t turn your back on GOD. Worship and serve him heart and soul! Don’t chase after ghost-gods. There’s nothing to them. They can’t help you. They’re nothing but ghost-gods! GOD, simply because of who he is, is not going to walk off and leave his people. GOD took delight in making you into his very own people.
1 Samuel 12:21 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Indeed, you must not turn aside, for then you would go after useless things which cannot benefit or save, because they are useless.
1 Samuel 12:21 AMP (Amplified Bible)
You must not turn away, for then you would go after futile things which cannot profit or rescue, because they are futile.
1 Samuel 12:21 NET (New English Translation)
You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.