1 Samuel 8:3 Parallel Translations

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

1 Samuel 8:3 Cross References

XREF:

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)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

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.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

Accepted Aside Bribe Bribes Didn't Dishonest Gain However Judging Judgment Justice Love Lucre Money Moved Perverted Rewards Sons Turn Upright Walk Walked Yet

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

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