1 Samuel 12:21 - Easy To Read Version21 Idols are only statues—they can’t help you! So don’t worship them. Idols can’t help you or save you. They are nothing! Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176921 and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition21 And turn not aside after vain and worthless things which cannot profit or deliver you, for they are empty and futile. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)21 and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible21 Don’t turn aside to follow useless idols that can’t help you or save you. They’re absolutely useless! Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version21 And do not choose to turn aside after vanities, which will never benefit you, nor rescue you, since they are empty. Ver Capítulo |
Lord, you are my strength\par and my protection.\par You are a safe place to run to\par in time of trouble.\par The nations will come to you\par from all around the world.\par They will say,\par “Our fathers had false gods.\par They worshiped those worthless idols,\par but those idols did not help them at all.”\par
Those people put their false god on their shoulders and carry it. That false god is useless—people have to carry it! People set the statue on the ground; and that false god can’t move. That false god never walks away from its place. People can yell at it, but it will not answer. That false god is only a statue—it can’t save people from their troubles.
“Men, why are you doing these things? We are not gods! We have the same feelings as you have! We came to tell you the Good News. {\cf2\super [290]} We are telling you to turn away from these worthless things. Turn to the true living God. He is the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
The people refused the Lord’s laws and his Agreement that he made with their ancestors. They refused to listen to the Lord’s warnings. They worshiped idols [208] that were worth nothing and they themselves became worth nothing. They lived like the people in the nations around them. They did those bad things. And the Lord had warned the people of Israel. The Lord told them not to do those bad things.