KJV King James Version
In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.
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Judges 21:25
In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
WEB World English Bible
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
ASV American Standard Version
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is right in his own eyes.
Surrounding context — Judges 21
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty.
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence 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.
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Deuteronomy 12:8Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do here this day, every man whatsoever [is] right in his own eyes.Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Judges 17:6In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.Judges 19:1And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.Judges 18:1In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.Micah 2:1-2Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.Psalm 12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?Judges 18:7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that [were] therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and [there was] no magistrate in the land, that might put [them] to shame in [any] thing; and they [were] far from the Zidonians, and had no business with [any] man.
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