Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

King James Version

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Holman Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.

International Standard Version

Back in those days, Israel didn't yet have a king, so each person did whatever seemed right in his own opinion.

A Conservative Version

In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

American Standard Version

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Amplified

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Bible in Basic English

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did as seemed right to him.

Darby Translation

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Julia Smith Translation

In those days not a king in Israel, as man will do the right in his eyes.

King James 2000

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel, and each one did what was right in his own eyes.

Modern King James verseion

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his eyes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For in those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did what thought him best.

NET Bible

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

New Heart English Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

The Emphasized Bible

In those days, there was no king in Israel, - every man did, that which was right in his own eyes.

Webster

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

World English Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Youngs Literal Translation

in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In those days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

in Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

but every man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Micah's Idolatry

5 Micah had his own place of worship. He made some idols and an ephod, and appointed one of his sons as his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. 7 There was a young Levite who had been living in the town of Bethlehem in Judah.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:8

Do not behave the way we do here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.

Judges 18:1

There was no king in Israel in those days. The tribe of Dan was looking for territory to claim and settle in because they had not yet received any land of their own among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 19:1

There was still no king in Israel. There was a Levite who lived in the remote area of Mount Ephraim. He took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Judges 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Genesis 36:31

Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel:

Deuteronomy 33:5

He was king in Jeshurun (Israel) when the leaders and all the tribes of the people of Israel were gathered.

Judges 21:3

They said: Jehovah God of Israel, why has this happened? Why is the tribe of Benjamin about to disappear from Israel?

Psalm 12:4

They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. He who listens to counsel is wise.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are pure (clean) in his own eyes. But Jehovah weighs the motives.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. Let your heart cheer you in your early days. Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the desires of your eyes. Yet you know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.

Jeremiah 44:16-17

We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of Jehovah.

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