Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

1 Samuel 12:21

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

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And turn not aside after the [gods] that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver [you], because they are nothing.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.
World English Bible

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