'Avail' in the Bible

If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

Yet all this is of no avail to me so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

Because there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.

Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces of thy'strength?

“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.

Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways; but thou saidst not, It is of no avail. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not sick of it.

“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat.

The two kings, whose hearts are bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.