Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)">3808 [e] וְלֹ֖א wə-lō and not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto 1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid 1a3) to be removed 1a4) to come to an end 1b) (Polel) to turn aside 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose 1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish 1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed">5493 [e] תָּס֑וּרוּ tā-sū-rū; do turn aside V-Qal-Imperf-2mp 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore">3588 [e] כִּ֣י ׀ kî for [then you would go] Conj 1a) as an adverb 1a1) behind (of place) 1a2) afterwards (of time) 1b) as a preposition 1b1) behind, after (of place) 1b2) after (of time) 1b3) besides 1c) as a conjunction 1c) after that 1d) as a substantive 1d1) hinder part 1e) with other prepositions 1e1) from behind 1e2) from following after">310 [e] אַחֲרֵ֣י ’a-ḥă-rê after Prep 1a) formlessness (of primeval earth) 1a1) nothingness, empty space 1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig) 1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places) 1d) place of chaos 1e) vanity">8414 [e] הַתֹּ֗הוּ hat-tō-hū, empty things Art | N-ms 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if">834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֧ר ’ă-šer which Pro-r 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)">3808 [e] לֹֽא־ lō- cannot Adv-NegPrt 3276 [e] יוֹעִ֛ילוּ yō-w-‘î-lū profit V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)">3808 [e] וְלֹ֥א wə-lō or Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 1a)(Niphal) 1a1) to tear oneself away, deliver oneself 1a2) to be torn out or away, be delivered 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to strip off, spoil 1b2) to deliver 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to take away, snatch away 1c2) to rescue, recover 1c3) to deliver (from enemies or troubles or death) 1c4) to deliver from sin and guilt 1d) (Hophal) to be plucked out 1e) (Hithpael) to strip oneself">5337 [e] יַצִּ֖ילוּ yaṣ-ṣî-lū deliver V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore">3588 [e] כִּי־ kî- for Conj 1a) formlessness (of primeval earth) 1a1) nothingness, empty space 1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig) 1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places) 1d) place of chaos 1e) vanity">8414 [e] תֹ֥הוּ ṯō-hū nothing N-ms 1992 [e] הֵֽמָּה׃ hêm-māh. they [are] Pro-3mp

New American Standard Bible
"You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.

King James Bible
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't turn away to follow worthless things that can't profit or deliver you; they are worthless.

vain things

Deuteronomy 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have …

Jeremiah 2:5,13 Thus said the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, …

Jeremiah 10:8,15 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine …

Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? …

Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of …

Jonah 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Habakkuk 2:18 What profits the graven image that the maker thereof has graven it; …

1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered …

cannot profit

Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands…

Isaiah 41:23,24 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that …

Isaiah 44:9,10 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable …

Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped …

Isaiah 46:7 They bear him on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his …

Jeremiah 10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation …

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