Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
New American Standard Bible
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;
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.
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
Yowm
References
Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Judges 21:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Decision Is Made About The Tribe Of Benjamin
24 And the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for them an inheritance to dwell in, for to that day [their] inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
Judges 19:1
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-judah.
Deuteronomy 12:8
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were in it, how they dwelt in security, according to the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure, for there was none in the land possessing authority, that mi
Psalm 12:4
who have said, With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgmen
Micah 2:1-2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.