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1 Samuel 12:21 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 21
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 · King James Version
1 Samuel 12:21 in context
19And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
21And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- delivernâtsalto snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337 →
- profityaʻalproperly, to ascendH3276 →
- asideçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- vaintôhûwa desolationH8414 →
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Two things Samuel here aims at: - I. To convince the people of their sin in desiring a king. They were now rejoicing before God in and with their king (Sa1 11:15), and offering to God the sacrifices of praise, which they hoped God would accept;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-25