1 Samuel 8:3
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New International Version (©1984)
But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.

New Living Translation (©2007)
But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The sons didn't follow their father's example but turned to dishonest ways of making money. They took bribes and denied people justice.

King James Bible
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

American King James Version
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

American Standard Version
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

Bible in Basic English
And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Darby Bible Translation
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

English Revised Version
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Webster's Bible Translation
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

World English Bible
His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

Young's Literal Translation
and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.

Geneva Study Bible

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Wesley's Notes

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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:1-3 It does not appear that Samuel's sons were so profane and vicious as Eli's sons; but they were corrupt judges, they turned aside after lucre. Samuel took no bribes, but his sons did, and then they perverted judgment. What added to the grievance of the people was, that they were threatened by an invasion from Nahash, king of the Ammonites.


Exodus 23:6 "You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
Exodus 23:8 "You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
Deuteronomy 16:19 "You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. (NASB ©1995)

Accepted Bribe Bribes Dishonest However Judging Judgment Justice Lucre Money Moved Perverted Rewards Turn Turned Upright Walk Walked Ways


And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

his sons 2Sa 15:4 1Ki 12:6-11 2Ki 21:1-3 Ec 2:19 Jer 22:15-17

but turned Ex 18:21 De 16:19 Ps 15:5 26:10 Isa 33:15 1Ti 3:3 6:10

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