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I Samuel 8:Verse 3

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

Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 16:191 Timothy 6:10Psalms 15:51 Timothy 6:10
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What Does I Samuel 8:3 Mean?

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"Mirroring the disastrous collapse of Eli's priesthood, the pattern repeats itself in the family of Samuel, as Joel and Abiah intentionally reject the ..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

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

American Standard Version
ASV

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

American King James Version
AKJV

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

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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

Bible in Basic English
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

Darby Translation
Darby

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

Webster Bible
Webster

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

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and tooke rewards, and peruerted the iudgement.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

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

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

Howbeit his sons walked not in his ways, but stooped to extortion,—and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Literal Translation
LITV

And his sons did not walk in his ways, and turned aside after dishonest gain, and took a bribe, and perverted judgment.

Modern King James
MKJV

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after ill gain and took bribes and perverted judgment.

Updated King James
UKJV

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

Lexham English Bible
LEB

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, they took bribes, and they perverted justice.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

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

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

Revised Webster
RWebster

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

And hise sones yeden not in `the weies of hym, but thei bowiden after aueryce, and thei token yiftis, and peruertiden doom.

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Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 16:191 Timothy 6:10Psalms 15:51 Timothy 6:10Psalms 15:5Exodus 23:8Exodus 18:21Exodus 23:8Exodus 18:21
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