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Description: Exodus 5:9
NET Translation: Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!”
DARBY Translation: Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard Vain words.
KJV Translation: Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard Vain words.
Keywords: Name
Description: Exodus 20:7
NET Translation: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in Vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in Vain.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in Vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in Vain.
Keywords: Judgment, Israel
Description: Leviticus 26:16
NET Translation: I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in Vain because your enemies will eat it.
DARBY Translation: I also will do this unto you I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; and ye shall sow your seed in Vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
KJV Translation: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in Vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Description: Leviticus 26:20
NET Translation: Your strength will be used up in Vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit.
DARBY Translation: and your strength shall be spent in Vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
KJV Translation: And your strength shall be spent in Vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Keywords: Name, Vain
Description: Deuteronomy 5:11
NET Translation: “You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in Vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in Vain.
Description: Deuteronomy 28:32
NET Translation: Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in Vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.
DARBY Translation: Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand [to help it].
KJV Translation: Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thine hand.
Description: Deuteronomy 32:47
NET Translation: For this is no idle word for you—it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
DARBY Translation: For it is no Vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.
KJV Translation: For it [is] not a Vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Description: Judges 9:4
NET Translation: They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.
DARBY Translation: And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them Vain and wanton men, and they followed him.
KJV Translation: And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired Vain and light persons, which followed him.
Description: Judges 11:3
NET Translation: So Jephthah left his half brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him.
DARBY Translation: Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob. And Vain men were gathered to Jephthah, and they made expeditions with him.
KJV Translation: Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered Vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
Keywords: God
Description: 1 Samuel 2:3
NET Translation: Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.
DARBY Translation: Do not multiply your words of pride, let not Vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
KJV Translation: Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Description: 1 Samuel 12:21
NET Translation: You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.
DARBY Translation: and turn ye not aside; for [it would be] after Vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are Vain.
KJV Translation: And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after Vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] Vain.
Keywords: David, Evil
Description: 1 Samuel 25:21
NET Translation: Now David had been thinking, “In Vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.
DARBY Translation: Now David had said, Surely, in Vain have I kept all that this [man] had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good.
KJV Translation: Now David had said, Surely in Vain have I kept all that this [fellow] hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [pertained] unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
Keywords: Bless, David, Glorious, Israel, King, Meet, Saul
Description: 2 Samuel 6:20
NET Translation: When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him. She said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!”
DARBY Translation: And David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How honourable did the king of Israel make himself to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the lewd fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
KJV Translation: Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the Vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
Keywords: Covenant, Heathen
Description: 2 Kings 17:15
NET Translation: They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the Lord. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command.
DARBY Translation: And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had testified unto them; and they followed vanity and became Vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
KJV Translation: And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became Vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
Keywords: Counsel, Strength
Description: 2 Kings 18:20
NET Translation: Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?
DARBY Translation: Thou sayest but it is a word of the lips There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?
KJV Translation: Thou sayest, (but [they are but] Vain words,) [I have] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Keywords: Children, Rehoboam, Son
Description: 2 Chronicles 13:7
NET Translation: Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.
DARBY Translation: And Vain men, sons of Belial, gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and did not shew himself strong against them.
KJV Translation: And there are gathered unto him Vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
Description: Job 9:29
NET Translation: If I am guilty, why then weary myself in Vain?
DARBY Translation: Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in Vain?
KJV Translation: [If] I be wicked, why then labour I in Vain?
Description: Job 11:11
NET Translation: For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?
DARBY Translation: For he knoweth Vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
KJV Translation: For he knoweth Vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?
Keywords: Hough, Man
Description: Job 11:12
NET Translation: But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.
DARBY Translation: Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
KJV Translation: For Vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass's colt.
Keywords: Man, Wise
Description: Job 15:2
NET Translation: “Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
DARBY Translation: Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
KJV Translation: Should a wise man utter Vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Description: Job 16:3
NET Translation: Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
DARBY Translation: Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
KJV Translation: Shall Vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Keywords: Comfort
Description: Job 21:34
NET Translation: So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!”
DARBY Translation: How then comfort ye me in Vain? Your answers remain perfidious.
KJV Translation: How then comfort ye me in Vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
Description: Job 27:12
NET Translation: If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?
DARBY Translation: Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether Vain?
KJV Translation: Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether Vain?
Description: Job 35:16
NET Translation: So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”
DARBY Translation: For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
KJV Translation: Therefore doth Job open his mouth in Vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Keywords: Hough
Description: Job 39:16
NET Translation: She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.
DARBY Translation: She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in Vain, without her concern.
KJV Translation: She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in Vain without fear;
Keywords: Hope
Description: Job 41:9
NET Translation: (41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.
DARBY Translation: Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
KJV Translation: Behold, the hope of him is in Vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
Keywords: Heathen
Description: Psalms 2:1
NET Translation: Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
DARBY Translation: Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a Vain thing?
KJV Translation: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a Vain thing?
Description: Psalms 26:4
NET Translation: I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest.
DARBY Translation: I have not sat with Vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
KJV Translation: I have not sat with Vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Keywords: Deliver, Horse
Description: Psalms 33:17
NET Translation: A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.
DARBY Translation: The horse is a Vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.
KJV Translation: An horse [is] a Vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.
Keywords: Man
Description: Psalms 39:6
NET Translation: Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”
DARBY Translation: Verily, man walketh in a Vain show; verily they are disquieted in Vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
KJV Translation: Surely every man walketh in a Vain shew: surely they are disquieted in Vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Keywords: Help
Description: Psalms 60:11
NET Translation: Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.
DARBY Translation: Give us help from trouble; for Vain is man's deliverance.
KJV Translation: Give us help from trouble: for Vain [is] the help of man.
Keywords: Art, Heart, Riches, Trust
Description: Psalms 62:10
NET Translation: Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression. Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery. If wealth increases, do not become attached to it.
DARBY Translation: Put not confidence in oppression, and become not Vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
KJV Translation: Trust not in oppression, and become not Vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
Keywords: Art, Heart
Description: Psalms 73:13
NET Translation: I concluded, “Surely in Vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.
DARBY Translation: Truly have I purified my heart in Vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
KJV Translation: Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] Vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Keywords: Remember, Time
Description: Psalms 89:47
NET Translation: Take note of my brief lifespan. Why do you make all people so mortal?
DARBY Translation: Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
KJV Translation: Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in Vain?
Keywords: Help
Description: Psalms 108:12
NET Translation: Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.
DARBY Translation: Give us help from trouble; for Vain is man's deliverance.
KJV Translation: Give us help from trouble: for Vain [is] the help of man.
Keywords: Hate, Law
Description: Psalms 119:113
NET Translation: ס (Samek). I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law.
DARBY Translation: SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.
KJV Translation: SAMECH. I hate [Vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Keywords: Build, Man, Song, Watchman
Description: Psalms 127:1
NET Translation: A song of ascents; by Solomon. If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in Vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in Vain.
DARBY Translation: A Song of degrees. Of Solomon.Unless Jehovah build the house, in Vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in Vain
KJV Translation: A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in Vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in Vain.
Keywords: Bread
Description: Psalms 127:2
NET Translation: It is Vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he provides for those whom he loves even when they sleep.
DARBY Translation: It is Vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.
KJV Translation: [It is] Vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Keywords: Enemies
Description: Psalms 139:20
NET Translation: They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.
DARBY Translation: For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in Vain, thine enemies.
KJV Translation: For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in Vain.
Description: Proverbs 1:17
NET Translation: Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,
DARBY Translation: For in Vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
KJV Translation: Surely in Vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Description: Proverbs 12:11
NET Translation: The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
DARBY Translation: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
KJV Translation: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth Vain [persons is] void of understanding.
Keywords: Poverty
Description: Proverbs 28:19
NET Translation: The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
DARBY Translation: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough.
KJV Translation: He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after Vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
Keywords: Deny, God, Name
Description: Proverbs 30:9
NET Translation: lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
DARBY Translation: lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
KJV Translation: Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in Vain].
Keywords: Beauty, Man
Description: Proverbs 31:30
NET Translation: Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. A woman who fears the Lord—she makes herself praiseworthy.
DARBY Translation: Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is Vain; a woman [that] feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
KJV Translation: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] Vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Keywords: Life, Man
Description: Ecclesiastes 6:12
NET Translation: For no one knows what is best for a person during his life—during the few days of his fleeting life—for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
DARBY Translation: For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his Vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?
KJV Translation: For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his Vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Keywords: Incense, Nation
Description: Isaiah 1:13
NET Translation: Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations!
DARBY Translation: Bring no more Vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.
KJV Translation: Bring no more Vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Keywords: Pride
Description: Isaiah 16:6
NET Translation: We have heard about Moab’s pride—their great arrogance—their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty.
DARBY Translation: We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, [he is] very proud, of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are Vain.
KJV Translation: We have heard of the pride of Moab; [he is] very proud: [even] of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: [but] his lies [shall] not [be] so.
Keywords: Help, Strength
Description: Isaiah 30:7
NET Translation: Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her “Proud one who is silenced.”
DARBY Translation: For Egypt shall help in Vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I named her, Arrogance, that doeth nothing.
KJV Translation: For the Egyptians shall help in Vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength [is] to sit still.
Keywords: Counsel, Strength
Description: Isaiah 36:5
NET Translation: Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?
DARBY Translation: Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, [There is] counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?
KJV Translation: I say, [sayest thou], (but [they are but] Vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Keywords: Created, Earth, God
Description: Isaiah 45:18
NET Translation: For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky—he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, I have no peer.
DARBY Translation: For thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, he who established it, not as waste did he create it: he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else.
KJV Translation: For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in Vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.
Keywords: Ark, Seed, Seek
Description: Isaiah 45:19
NET Translation: I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in Vain!’ I am the Lord, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.
DARBY Translation: I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in Vain: I [am] Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.
KJV Translation: I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in Vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Keywords: Judgment, Strength, Work
Description: Isaiah 49:4
NET Translation: But I thought, “I have worked in Vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
DARBY Translation: And I said, I have laboured in Vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in Vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God.
KJV Translation: Then I said, I have laboured in Vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in Vain: [yet] surely my judgment [is] with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Keywords: Seed, Spring
Description: Isaiah 65:23
NET Translation: They will not work in Vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.
DARBY Translation: They shall not labour in Vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
KJV Translation: They shall not labour in Vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Description: Jeremiah 2:5
NET Translation: 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.
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah: What injustice have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and become Vain?
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become Vain?
Keywords: Sword
Description: Jeremiah 2:30
NET Translation: “It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion.
DARBY Translation: In Vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
KJV Translation: In Vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Keywords: God, Salvation
Description: Jeremiah 3:23
NET Translation: We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the Lord our God is the only one who can deliver Israel.
DARBY Translation: Truly in Vain [is salvation looked for] from the hills, [and] the multitude of mountains; truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.
KJV Translation: Truly in Vain [is salvation hoped for] from the hills, [and from] the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God [is] the salvation of Israel.
Keywords: Art, Heart, Hin
Description: Jeremiah 4:14
NET Translation: O people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
DARBY Translation: Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy Vain thoughts lodge within thee?
KJV Translation: O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy Vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Keywords: Halt, Hough, Seek, Test
Description: Jeremiah 4:30
NET Translation: And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, you accomplish nothing by wearing a beautiful dress, decking yourself out in jewels of gold, and putting on eye shadow! You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers spurn you. They want to kill you.
DARBY Translation: And thou, wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thine eyes with paint, in Vain dost thou make thyself fair: [thy] lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.
KJV Translation: And [when] thou [art] spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in Vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Keywords: Wicked
Description: Jeremiah 6:29
NET Translation: The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.
DARBY Translation: The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in Vain; and the bad are not plucked away.
KJV Translation: The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in Vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Keywords: Law, Scribes
Description: Jeremiah 8:8
NET Translation: How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.
DARBY Translation: How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
KJV Translation: How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in Vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in Vain.
Keywords: Tree, Work
Description: Jeremiah 10:3
NET Translation: For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.
DARBY Translation: For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for [it is] a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;
KJV Translation: For the customs of the people [are] Vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Keywords: Vision
Description: Jeremiah 23:16
NET Translation: The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says to the people of Jerusalem: “Do not listen to what those prophets are saying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They are reporting visions of their own imaginations, not something the Lord has given them to say.
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you Vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD.
Keywords: Halt
Description: Jeremiah 46:11
NET Translation: Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you.
DARBY Translation: Go up to Gilead, and fetch balm, O virgin-daughter of Egypt! In Vain shalt thou multiply remedies: there is no healing for thee.
KJV Translation: Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in Vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.
Description: Jeremiah 48:30
NET Translation: I, the Lord, affirm that I know how arrogant they are. But their pride is ill founded. Their boastings will prove to be false.
DARBY Translation: I know his wrath, saith Jehovah; his pratings are Vain: they do not as [they say].
KJV Translation: I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but [it shall] not [be] so; his lies shall not so effect [it].
Keywords: Assembly, Babylon
Description: Jeremiah 50:9
NET Translation: For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed.
DARBY Translation: For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon, an assemblage of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her: from thence shall she be taken. Their arrows shall be as those of a mighty expert man: none shall return empty.
KJV Translation: For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows [shall be] as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in Vain.
Keywords: Babylon
Description: Jeremiah 51:58
NET Translation: This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “Babylon’s thick wall will be completely demolished. Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.”
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in Vain, and the nations for the fire: and they shall be weary.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in Vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Keywords: FALSE
Description: Lamentations 2:14
NET Translation: נ (Nun). Your prophets saw visions for you that were worthless whitewash. They failed to expose your sin so as to restore your fortunes. They saw oracles for you that were worthless lies.
DARBY Translation: Thy prophets have seen vanity and folly for thee; and they have not revealed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee burdens of falsehood and causes of expulsion.
KJV Translation: Thy prophets have seen Vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
Keywords: Nation, Save
Description: Lamentations 4:17
NET Translation: ע (Ayin). Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in Vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.
DARBY Translation: Our eyes still failed for our Vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.
KJV Translation: As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our Vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].
Keywords: Evil
Description: Ezekiel 6:10
NET Translation: They will know that I am the Lord; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.
DARBY Translation: And they shall know that I [am] Jehovah: I have not said in Vain that I would do this evil unto them.
KJV Translation: And they shall know that I [am] the LORD, [and that] I have not said in Vain that I would do this evil unto them.
Keywords: Divination, Hin, Nation, Vision
Description: Ezekiel 12:24
NET Translation: For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering omens amidst the house of Israel.
DARBY Translation: For there shall be no more any Vain vision nor flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.
KJV Translation: For there shall be no more any Vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Keywords: Lying
Description: Ezekiel 13:7
NET Translation: Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “The Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?
DARBY Translation: Have ye not seen a Vain vision, and spoken a lying divination, when ye say, Jehovah saith; and I have not spoken?
KJV Translation: Have ye not seen a Vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith [it]; albeit I have not spoken?
Keywords: Hope
Description: Ezekiel 19:5
NET Translation: “‘When she realized that she waited in Vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
DARBY Translation: And when she saw that she had waited [and] her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.
KJV Translation: Now when she saw that she had waited, [and] her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, [and] made him a young lion.
Description: Habakkuk 2:13
NET Translation: Be sure of this! The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.
DARBY Translation: Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in Vain?
KJV Translation: Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Keywords: Light
Description: Zephaniah 3:4
NET Translation: Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests have defiled what is holy; they have broken God’s laws.
DARBY Translation: Her prophets are Vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law.
KJV Translation: Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Keywords: Comfort, False, Idols
Description: Zechariah 10:2
NET Translation: For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and the dreamers have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in Vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd.
DARBY Translation: For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams: they comfort in Vain. Therefore they have gone away as a flock, they are in distress, because there is no shepherd.
KJV Translation: For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in Vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.
Description: Malachi 3:14
NET Translation: You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord of Heaven’s Armies?
DARBY Translation: Ye say, It is Vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
KJV Translation: Ye have said, It [is] Vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Description: Matthew 6:7
NET Translation: When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
DARBY Translation: But when ye pray, use not Vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.
KJV Translation: “But when ye pray, use not Vain repetitions, as the heathen” [do]: “for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.”
Keywords: Commandments, Ship, Worship
Description: Matthew 15:9
NET Translation: and they worship me in Vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
DARBY Translation: but in Vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.
KJV Translation: “But in Vain they do worship me, teaching” [for] “doctrines the commandments of men.”
Keywords: Commandments, Ship, Worship
Description: Mark 7:7
NET Translation: They worship me in Vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’
DARBY Translation: But in Vain do they worship me, teaching [as their] teachings commandments of men.
KJV Translation: “Howbeit in Vain do they worship me, teaching” [for] “doctrines the commandments of men.”
Keywords: David, Heathen, Servant
Description: Acts 4:25
NET Translation: who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?
DARBY Translation: who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated Vain things?
KJV Translation: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine Vain things?
Keywords: Art, Heart
Description: Romans 1:21
NET Translation: For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
DARBY Translation: Because, knowing God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:
KJV Translation: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became Vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Keywords: Faith, Law, Promise
Description: Romans 4:14
NET Translation: For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.
DARBY Translation: For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made Vain, and the promise made of no effect.
KJV Translation: For if they which are of the law [be] heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
Keywords: God, Minister, Sword, Wrath
Description: Romans 13:4
NET Translation: because it is God’s servant for your well-being. But be afraid if you do wrong because government does not bear the sword for nothing. It is God’s servant to administer punishment on the person who does wrong.
DARBY Translation: for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in Vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil.
KJV Translation: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in Vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Keywords: Christ, Preach, Wisdom
Description: 1 Corinthians 1:17
NET Translation: For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.
DARBY Translation: For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made Vain.
KJV Translation: For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
Description: 1 Corinthians 3:20
NET Translation: And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
DARBY Translation: And again, [The] Lord knows the reasonings of the wise that they are Vain.
KJV Translation: And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are Vain.
Keywords: Better, Man
Description: 1 Corinthians 9:15
NET Translation: But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than—no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!
DARBY Translation: But *I* have used none of these things. Now I have not written these things that it should be thus in my case; for [it were] good for me rather to die than that any one should make Vain my boast.
KJV Translation: But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
Description: 1 Corinthians 15:2
NET Translation: and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in Vain.
DARBY Translation: by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in Vain.
KJV Translation: By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in Vain.
Keywords: God, Grace
Description: 1 Corinthians 15:10
NET Translation: But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in Vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
DARBY Translation: But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which [was] towards me, has not been Vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not *I*, but the grace of God which [was] with me.
KJV Translation: But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in Vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Keywords: Christ, Faith
Description: 1 Corinthians 15:14
NET Translation: And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.
DARBY Translation: but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, Vain also [is] our preaching, and Vain also your faith.
KJV Translation: And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching Vain, and your faith [is] also Vain.
Keywords: Christ, Faith
Description: 1 Corinthians 15:17
NET Translation: And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.
DARBY Translation: but if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] Vain; ye are yet in your sins.
KJV Translation: And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] Vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Keywords: Work
Description: 1 Corinthians 15:58
NET Translation: So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in Vain in the Lord.
DARBY Translation: So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in Vain in [the] Lord.
KJV Translation: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in Vain in the Lord.
Keywords: Beseech, God, Grace
Description: 2 Corinthians 6:1
NET Translation: Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in Vain.
DARBY Translation: But [as] fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in Vain:
KJV Translation: We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in Vain.
Description: 2 Corinthians 9:3
NET Translation: But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.
DARBY Translation: But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;
KJV Translation: Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in Vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
Keywords: Gospel, Preach
Description: Galatians 2:2
NET Translation: I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running—or had not run—in Vain.
DARBY Translation: and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous [among them], lest in any way I run or had run in Vain;
KJV Translation: And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in Vain.
Keywords: Christ, Dead, Grace
Description: Galatians 2:21
NET Translation: I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!
DARBY Translation: I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness [is] by law, then Christ has died for nothing.
KJV Translation: I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in Vain.
Description: Galatians 3:4
NET Translation: Have you suffered so many things for nothing?—if indeed it was for nothing.
DARBY Translation: Have ye suffered so many things in Vain, if indeed also in Vain?
KJV Translation: Have ye suffered so many things in Vain? if [it be] yet in Vain.
Description: Galatians 4:11
NET Translation: I fear for you that my work for you may have been in Vain.
DARBY Translation: I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in Vain as to you.
KJV Translation: I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in Vain.
Keywords: King
Description: Galatians 5:26
NET Translation: Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.
DARBY Translation: Let us not become Vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
KJV Translation: Let us not be desirous of Vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Keywords: Children, God, Man, Wrath
Description: Ephesians 5:6
NET Translation: Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.
DARBY Translation: Let no one deceive you with Vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
KJV Translation: Let no man deceive you with Vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Keywords: Better, Mind, Strife
Description: Philippians 2:3
NET Translation: Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
DARBY Translation: [let] nothing [be] in the spirit of strife or Vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
KJV Translation: [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or Vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Keywords: Rejoice
Description: Philippians 2:16
NET Translation: by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in Vain nor labor in Vain.
DARBY Translation: holding forth [the] word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in Vain nor laboured in Vain.
KJV Translation: Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in Vain, neither laboured in Vain.
Keywords: Man, Oil, Tradition
Description: Colossians 2:8
NET Translation: Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
DARBY Translation: See that there be no one who shall lead *you* away as a prey through philosophy and Vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.
KJV Translation: Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and Vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Keywords: Guile, Humility, Man, Reward
Description: Colossians 2:18
NET Translation: Let no one who delights in false humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
DARBY Translation: Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, Vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
KJV Translation: Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, Vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Description: 1 Thessalonians 2:1
NET Translation: For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you—it has not proven to be purposeless.
DARBY Translation: For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in Vain;
KJV Translation: For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in Vain:
Description: 1 Thessalonians 3:5
NET Translation: So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.
DARBY Translation: For this reason *I* also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.
KJV Translation: For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in Vain.
Description: 1 Timothy 1:6
NET Translation: Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.
DARBY Translation: which [things] some having missed, have turned aside to Vain discourse,
KJV Translation: From which some having swerved have turned aside unto Vain jangling;
Keywords: Profane
Description: 1 Timothy 6:20
NET Translation: O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called “knowledge.”
DARBY Translation: O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, Vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,
KJV Translation: O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane [and] Vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
Keywords: Profane
Description: 2 Timothy 2:16
NET Translation: But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,
DARBY Translation: But profane, Vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,
KJV Translation: But shun profane [and] Vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Description: 2 Timothy 3:4
NET Translation: treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.
DARBY Translation: traitors, headlong, of Vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
KJV Translation: Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Description: Titus 1:10
NET Translation: For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,
DARBY Translation: For there are many and disorderly Vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,
KJV Translation: For there are many unruly and Vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
Keywords: Table
Description: Titus 3:9
NET Translation: But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.
DARBY Translation: But foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and contentions about the law, shun; for they are unprofitable and Vain.
KJV Translation: But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and Vain.
Keywords: Man
Description: James 1:26
NET Translation: If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
DARBY Translation: If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is Vain.
KJV Translation: If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] Vain.
Keywords: Faith
Description: James 2:20
NET Translation: But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?
DARBY Translation: But wilt thou know, O Vain man, that faith without works is dead?
KJV Translation: But wilt thou know, O Vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Keywords: Scripture, Spirit
Description: James 4:5
NET Translation: Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
DARBY Translation: Think ye that the scripture speaks in Vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
KJV Translation: Do ye think that the scripture saith in Vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Keywords: Conversation, Silver, Tradition
Description: 1 Peter 1:18
NET Translation: You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed—not by perishable things like silver or gold,
DARBY Translation: knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible [things, as] silver or gold, from your Vain conversation handed down from [your] fathers,
KJV Translation: Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your Vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;