~ vain have I ~ 09_1SA_25_21  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. #, 24_JER_02_30  In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction, your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. #,