1 Samuel 8:3
“And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke bribes, & peruerted iudgement.”
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1 Samuel 8:3 Context
1And it came to passe, when Samuel was old, that he made his sonnes Iudges ouer Israel. 2Now the name of his first borne was Ioel, and the name of his second, Abiah: they were Iudges in Beer-sheba. 3And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke bribes, & peruerted iudgement. 4Then all the Elders of Israel gathered themselues together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah, 5And said vnto him, Behold, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes: now make vs a King to iudge vs, like all the nations.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- King James Version
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
- Basic English Bible
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
- Darby Bible
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- Webster's Bible
His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
- World English Bible
and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 8:3
8:3 Took bribes - Opportunity and temptation discovered that corruption in them which 'till now was hid from their father. It has often been the grief of holy men, that their children did not tread in their steps. So far from it, that the sons of eminently good men, have been often eminently wicked.