Judges 21:25 “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right…”

Judges 21:25

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: 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 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 doth that which is 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.

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Cross references

“no”

Judges 17:6 Judges 19:1 Judges 18:1

Judges 17:6 · BSB

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

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 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.

“right”

Deuteronomy 12:8 Proverbs 3:5 Ecclesiastes 11:9 Proverbs 14:12 Psalm 12:4 Judges 18:7

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 3:5 · BSB

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

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…

Proverbs 14:12 · BSB

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

Psalm 12:4 · BSB

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

Judges 18:7 · BSB

So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were fa…

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

In context

24And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.

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