Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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 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 as 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 not a king in Israel, as man will do the right in his eyes.

King James 2000

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In those days there was no king in Israel, and each one did what was right in his own eyes.

Modern King James verseion

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his eyes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For in those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did what thought him best.

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.

The Emphasized 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, but 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 that which is right in his own eyes doth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In those days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

in Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

but every man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Micah's Idolatry

5 This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted. 7 There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who resided within the clan of Judah.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:8

“You are not to do as we are doing here today; everyone is doing whatever seems right in his own eyes.

Judges 18:1

In those days, there was no king in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for territory to occupy. Up to that time no territory had been captured by them among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 19:1

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite living in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine.

Judges 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever he wanted.

Genesis 36:31

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

Deuteronomy 33:5

So He became King in Jeshurun
when the leaders of the people gathered
with the tribes of Israel.

Judges 21:3

and cried out, “Why, Lord God of Israel, has it occurred that one tribe is missing in Israel today?”

Psalm 12:4

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”

Proverbs 12:15

A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,
but whoever listens to counsel is wise.

Proverbs 14:12

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

Proverbs 16:2

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

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

Jeremiah 44:16-17

“As for the word you spoke to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you!

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