Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

In those days there was no king in Israel: 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 [when the judges governed] 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 what 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 no king in Israel: a man will do the right in his eyes.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

Webster

In those days there was no king in Israel: 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 doth that which is right in his own eyes.

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

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

References

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Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

A Decision Is Made About The Tribe Of Benjamin

24 The sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and each one of them went out from there to his inheritance. 25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.


Cross References

Judges 17:6

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

Judges 18:1

In those days there was no king of Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day an inheritance had not been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 19:1

Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

Deuteronomy 12:8

“You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

Judges 18:7

Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Psalm 12:4

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Micah 2:1-2

Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they do it,
For it is in the power of their hands.

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