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


In Context

1 And it cometh to pass, when Samuel is aged, that he maketh his sons judges over Israel.

2 And the name of his first-born son is Joel, and the name of his second Abiah, judges in Beer-Sheba:

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

4 And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath,

5 and say unto him, 'Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

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.