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OET (OET-LV) And_not they_walked sons_his in/on/at/with_ways_his[fn] and_turned_aside after the_gain and_they_took a_bribe and_perverted justice.
8:3 Variant note: ב/דרכ/ו: (x-qere) ’בִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו’: lemma_b/1870 n_1.1 morph_HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms id_09zuk בִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו
OET (OET-RV) However, they didn’t take after time, but rather chased dishonest gain—accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) chased after dishonest gain
(Some words not found in UHB: and=not walk sons,his in/on/at/with,ways,his and,turned_aside after the,gain and=they_took bribes and,perverted justice )
The writer speaks of money that people would give Samuel’s sons as if it were a person or animal running away from Samuel’s sons, and he speaks of Samuel’s sons as if they were physically chasing that person or animal. Alternate translation: “they worked hard to gain money by being dishonest”
(Occurrence 0) perverted justice
(Some words not found in UHB: and=not walk sons,his in/on/at/with,ways,his and,turned_aside after the,gain and=they_took bribes and,perverted justice )
Alternate translation: “judged in favor of those who did evil”
8:3 they were not like their father: They were more like Eli’s two sons (2:12-17). Their corruption was a primary reason the era of the judges ended.
OET (OET-LV) And_not they_walked sons_his in/on/at/with_ways_his[fn] and_turned_aside after the_gain and_they_took a_bribe and_perverted justice.
8:3 Variant note: ב/דרכ/ו: (x-qere) ’בִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו’: lemma_b/1870 n_1.1 morph_HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms id_09zuk בִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו
OET (OET-RV) However, they didn’t take after time, but rather chased dishonest gain—accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.