What does 1 Samuel 12:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain."
Verse 1 Samuel 12:21. _AFTER VAIN THINGS_] That is, _idols_; which he calls here התהו _hattohu_, the same expression found Genesis 1:2. _The earth was_ תהו tohu; it was _waste, empty_, and _formless:_...
5. SAMUEL'S WITNESS AND WARNING CHAPTER 12 _ 1. His witness to his own integrity (1 Samuel 12:1)_ 2. His warning (1 Samuel 12:6) 3. Heaven's answer (1 Samuel 12:16) 4. His words of comfort (1 Sam...
1 SAMUEL 12. SAMUEL'S FAREWELL. From the Deuteronomic document, where it separated the two clauses of 1 Samuel 10:25, which see. 1 SAMUEL 12:1_ A_ (to witness). In response to a solemn adjuration fr...
_for_then should ye GO _after vain things_ The word "for" necessitates the insertion of a verb to complete the sentence. But it is expressed in none of the ancient versions, and the sense gains by its...
DISCOURSE: 293 THE ISRAELITES’ REJECTION OF SAMUEL REPROVED 1 Samuel 12:16. Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I wil...
_1 SAMUEL 12:21_, &C. _VAIN THINGS, WHICH CANNOT PROFIT_— Samuel in these gentle terms dissuades them from idolatry, the practice of which was as useless to themselves as it was disgraceful to God. We...
_Samuel Rebukes the People._ 1 Samuel 12:16-25 16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 _Is it_ not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the Lord,...
12:21 things (c-12) vain. (c-21) Lit. 'emptiness.' see Isaiah 40:17 , &c....
SAMUEL RESIGNS HIS JUDGESHIP This chapter is a continuation of 1 Samuel 10:17, and the scene of the events recorded is the great national assembly at Mizpeh. Notice, however, the reference to Nahash...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 12 SAMUEL SPEAKS TO ALL THE *ISRAELITES FOR THE LAST TIME V1 Samuel said to all the *Israelites, ‘I have done everything that you wanted me t...
FOR THEN SHOULD YE GO AFTER VAIN THINGS. — The passage is more forcible without the “for” and the words in italics supplied in the English translation. The verse without it would run thus: “Turn ye no...
וְ לֹ֖א תָּס֑וּרוּ כִּ֣י ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַ תֹּ֗הוּ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא ־יֹועִ֛ילוּ וְ לֹ֥א יַצִּ֖ילוּ כִּי...
CHAPTER XVII. _ SAMUEL'S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE._ 1 Samuel 12:6. 2. HAVING vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter, 1 Samuel 12:1), Samuel now proceeds to his second point, a...
HIS WARNING CONFIRMED FROM HEAVEN 1 Samuel 12:14 Having handed his office over to Saul, who henceforth was to shepherd and lead the Chosen People, Samuel assured them that the Lord would not forsake...
At the confirmation of the king appointed by God by the consent of the nation, Samuel delivered what was practically his last address to them. It was of the nature of a farewell message, in which was...
_Vain and wicked idols. Hebrew thohu, full of "confusion" and disorder._...
(20) And 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; (21) And turn ye not aside: for th...
We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
Samuel (chap. 12) receives the people's testimony to his fidelity. He sets before them the ways of God towards them, their ingratitude and foolishness in having asked for a king and rejected God. Neve...
AND TURN YE NOT ASIDE,.... From his worship: for then; if they turned aside from that: SHOULD YE GO AFTER VAIN THINGS; idols, which are vanity, and less than vanity: WHICH CANNOT PROFIT NOR DELIVER;...
And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain. Ver. 21. _And turn ye not aside._] To idols, or other of the devil's anodynes...
_The Lord thy God_ Whom thou hast so great an interest in, while we are ashamed and afraid to call him our God. _Fear not_ With a desponding fear, as if there are no hope left for you. _But turn not y...
1 Samuel testifieth his integritie. 6 Hee reprooueth the people of ingratitude. 16 He terrifieth them with thunder in haruest time. 20 He comforteth them in Gods mercy. 1 AND Samuel saide vnto all...
SAMUEL ADMONISHES THE PEOPLE TO STEADFASTNESS...
This chapter intervenes in the history as a solemn reproof to Israel and a warning of the dangers to which they had exposed themselves by asking for a king The voice of the prophet is not to be put in...
16-25 At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to convince them they had done wickedly in asking a king; not only by...
TURN YE NOT ASIDE, to wit, after idols; as they had often done before; and, notwithstanding this warning, did afterwards. SHOULD YE GO, or, _should ye turn aside_; which words are easily to be underst...
1 Samuel 12:21 aside H5493 (H8799) after H310 things H8414 profit H3276 (H8686) deliver H5337 (H8686) nothing H8414 vain things - Deuteronomy 32:21; Jeremiah 2:5, Jeremiah 2:13, Jeremiah 10:8,...
CONTENTS: Samuel's proclamation of the kingdom. Deliverances of God rehearsed. The sign of thunder and rain. CHARACTERS: God, Samuel. CONCLUSION: Religion has reason on its side (1 Samuel 12:7) whic...
1 Samuel 12:2. _I am old and grey-headed._ Some think Samuel was now seventy three or eighty years of age; others think he was but sixty three. Usher's chronology is much embarrassed here. 1 Samuel 1...
_And Samuel maid unto the people._ SAMUEL’S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE Having vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter), Samuel now proceeds to his second point, and takes the peop...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 12:1 The setting of this address is not clear, though it was probably a different occasion than ch. 1 Samuel 11:1. From now on, Samuel will no longer be the judge of all Isra...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 12:1. “AND SAMUEL SAID,” etc. “The time and place of the following address are not given, but it is evident from the connection with the preceding chapter, and...
EXPOSITION SAMUEL'S EXHORTATION TO THE PEOPLE AT GILGAL. This speech of Samuel is not to be regarded as a farewell address made upon his resignation of his office; for though a new power had been intr...
Now in the twelfth chapter Samuel is now sort of stepping down because they have now proclaimed the king. So his career as the judge over Israel has pretty much come to an end, as the reigns of govern...
1 Corinthians 8:4; Deuteronomy 32:21; Habakkuk 2:18; Isaiah 41:23; Isaiah 41:24; Isaiah 44:10; Isaiah 44:9; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 46:7;...
Turn aside — After idols; as they had often done before; and, notwithstanding this warning, did afterwards. Vain things — So idols are called, Deuteronomy 32:21; Jeremiah 2:5, and so they are, being m...