Judges 17:6 “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right…”

Judges 17:6

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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. Everyone 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

In those dayes there was no King in Israel, but euery man did that which was good in his owne eyes.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“no king”

Judges 21:25 Judges 18:1 Judges 19:1 Judges 21:3 Genesis 36:31 Deuteronomy 33:5

Judges 21:25 · BSB

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

Judges 18:1 · BSB

In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 19:1 · BSB

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Judges 21:3 · BSB

“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”

Genesis 36:31 · BSB

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

Deuteronomy 33:5 · BSB

So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

“right”

Deuteronomy 12:8 Proverbs 12:15 Proverbs 14:12 Proverbs 16:2 Psalm 12:4 Ecclesiastes 11:9

Deuteronomy 12:8 · BSB

You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Proverbs 12:15 · BSB

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

Proverbs 14:12 · BSB

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

Proverbs 16:2 · BSB

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

Psalm 12:4 · BSB

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judg…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

7And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

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