Parallel Verses
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.
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
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
The rest of the Israelites left, and every man went back to his own tribe and family and to his own property.
25
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did whatever he or she wanted to do.
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.
Deuteronomy 12:8
Do not behave the way we do here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:7
So the five men left and traveled to the town of Laish. They saw how the people there lived in security like the Sidonians. They were a peaceful, quiet people, with no argument with anyone. They had all they needed. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had nothing to do with any other people.
Psalm 12:4
They say: We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in Jehovah with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.
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.
Micah 2:1-2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).