1 Samuel 8:3
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Accepted Bribe Bribes Dishonest However Judging Judgment Justice Lucre Money Moved Perverted Rewards Turn Turned Upright Walk Walked Ways
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English Standard Version
Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, his sons did not walk in his ways--they turned toward dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

International Standard Version
His sons did not follow Samuel's example. Instead, they pursued dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

NET Bible
But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
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 2000 Bible
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

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.

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.
Lexicon
And his sons
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
walked
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
not in his ways
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
but turned aside
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
after
'achar  (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
lucre
betsa`  (beh'-tsah)
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust) -- covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
and took
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
bribes
shachad  (shakh'-ad)
a donation (venal or redemptive) -- bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
and perverted
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
judgment
mishpat  (mish-pawt')
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective
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