Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 12:21
American Standard Version
and turn ye not aside; for `then would ye go' after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
Amplified® Bible
And turn not aside after vain {and} worthless things which cannot profit or deliver you, for they are empty {and} futile.
Darby English Version
and turn ye not aside; for [it would be] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
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.
Revised Standard Version
and do not turn aside after vain things which cannot profit or save, for they are vain.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they `are' vain,