You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.

若偏离耶和华去顺从那不能救人的虚神是无益的。

不可偏离去随从那没有益处、不能救人的虚无的神明，因为它们是虚无的。

不可偏离去随从那没有益处、不能救人的虚无的神明，因为它们是虚无的。

不要去追求其他虚无的假神，它们对你们毫无益处，也不能拯救你们。

不可偏离耶和华，去追随那些空虚的偶像，因为它们本是空虚的，对人没有什么益处，也不能救人。

不要偏离耶和华去跟随那些虚无之神——它们不能使人得益处、也不能解救人，只是虚无之物。

若偏離耶和華去順從那不能救人的虛神是無益的。

不可偏離去隨從那沒有益處、不能救人的虛無的神明，因為它們是虛無的。

不可偏離去隨從那沒有益處、不能救人的虛無的神明，因為它們是虛無的。

不要去追求其他虛無的假神，它們對你們毫無益處，也不能拯救你們。

不可偏離耶和華，去追隨那些空虛的偶像，因為它們本是空虛的，對人沒有甚麼益處，也不能救人。

不可偏向無益而不能援救人的虛空神，因為他們是虛空的。

不要偏離耶和華去跟隨那些虛無之神——它們不能使人得益處、也不能解救人，只是虛無之物。

其勿偏離、從事虛偽、不能益爾、不能救爾之物、以其虛偽故也、

如違耶和華、從事虛妄、無所裨益、無能援手。

毋違棄主、而從無所裨益、不能救援虛無之神、因如斯之神、原屬虛無、

Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

Don’t turn away and worship statues of gods. They are useless. They can’t do you any good. They can’t save you either. They are completely useless.

And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.

Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you— they are totally useless!

Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or rescue you; they are worthless.

Indeed, you must not turn aside, for then you would go after useless things which cannot benefit or save, because they are useless.

And do not turn aside; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.

and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or deliver you; they are worthless.

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

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

Then I said,“ LORD, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say,‘ Our ancestors had nothing but false gods– worthless idols that could not help them at all.

They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!

“ Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”

With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“ an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“ there is no God but one.”

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this.”

Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.

The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

This is what the Lord says:“ What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

Predict how future events will turn out, so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe.Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.