*Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
Matthew 15:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But in vain they do worship me, Teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Uselessly do they worship Me, for they teach as doctrines the commands of men. [Isa. 29:13.] American Standard Version (1901) But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men. Common English Bible Their worship of me is empty since they teach instructions that are human rules.” Catholic Public Domain Version For in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men. |
*Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
*You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
The Lord said, *Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a mitzvah of men which has been taught;
I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of Armies?
But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of men.'
by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
Whatever thing I command you, that shall you observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith--
not paying attention to Jewish fables and mitzvot of men who turn away from the truth.
Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has returned me evil for good.