Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:3

3 Tā érzi bù xíng tāde dào , tāntú cái lì , shōu shòu huìlù , qū wǎng zhèngzhí .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons walked not in his ways
The meaning of which is not that they did not go the circuit he did, which is too low a sense of the words some Jewish writers give; but they did not walk in the fear of God, in the paths of religion and righteousness, truth and holiness; they neither served God, nor did justice to men, as Samuel had done:

but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment;
indulged to covetousness, sought to get riches at any rate, took bribes, which blind the eyes of judges; and so passed wrong judgment, and gave the cause to those that gave the largest gifts, right or wrong.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:3 In-Context

1 Sǎmǔĕr niánjì lǎomaì , jiù lì tā érzi zuò Yǐsèliè de shì shī .

2 Zhǎngzǐ míng jiào Yuēĕr, cì zǐ míng jiào yà bǐ yà . tāmen zaì Bièshìbā zuò shì shī .

3 Tā érzi bù xíng tāde dào , tāntú cái lì , shōu shòu huìlù , qū wǎng zhèngzhí .

4 Yǐsèliè de zhǎnglǎo dōu jùjí , lái dào Lāmǎ jiàn Sǎmǔĕr ,

5 Duì tā shuō , nǐ niánjì lǎomaì le , nǐ érzi bù xíng nǐde dào . xiànzaì qiú nǐ wèi wǒmen lì yī gè wáng zhìlǐ wǒmen , xiàng liè guó yíyàng .