3His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.


In Context

1 It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beersheba.

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

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;

5 and they said to him, |Behold, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.|

1 Samuel 8:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.