1 Samuel 12:21 Commentary, explanation, 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. ”

1 Samuel 12:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 12:1-6 a (to witness). In response to a solemn ad...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 293 THE ISRAELITES’ REJECTION OF SAMUEL REPROVED 1 Samuel 12:16-23 . Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest to-...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things , which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. After vain things - That is, idols; which he calls here התהו hattohu, the sam...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 t...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel resigns his Judgeship This chapter is a continuation of 1 Samuel 10:17-24 , and the scene of the events recorded is the great national assembly at Mizpeh. Notice, however, the reference to...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVII. SAMUEL'S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE. 1 Samuel 12:6-25 . 2. HAVING vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter, 1 Samuel 12:1-5 ), Samuel now proceeds to his secon...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

His Warning Confirmed from Heaven 1 Samuel 12:14-25 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...
1 Samuel 12:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 wa...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 t...
1 Samuel 12:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 de...
1 Samuel 12:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 anodyn...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Samuel 12:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 i...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samuel Calls for Thunder; Samuel Encourages and Comforts Israel. B. C. 1069. 16 Now ther...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 un...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 chap...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Samu...
1 Samuel 12:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 p...
1 Samuel 12:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 12:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samuel Admonishes the People to Steadfastness
1 Samuel 12:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Jeremiah 10:15 ; Jeremiah 10:8 ; Jeremiah 1...
1 Samuel 12:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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,...

1 Samuel 12:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Samuel 12:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 12:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 12:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 12:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 12:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 12:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 12:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 12:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 12:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 12:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 12:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 12:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 12:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 12:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes