And Absalom would add, ‘If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.’
1 Samuel 8:3 - New International Version (Anglicised) But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain, took bribes, and perverted justice. American Standard Version (1901) And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice. Common English Bible But Samuel’s sons didn’t follow in his footsteps. They tried to turn a profit, they accepted bribes, and they perverted justice. Catholic Public Domain Version But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. |
And Absalom would add, ‘If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.’
who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
But select capable men from all the people – men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain – and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
‘Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.
Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil –
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say, ‘Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us.’
Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and grey, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day.
I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always.