Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In those days there was no king in Israel: but every man did what seemed him right.
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.
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 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time and went every man to his tribe, and to his kindred, and went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: but every man did what seemed him right.
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 17:6
For in those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did what thought him best.
Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in, for unto that time there fell none inheritance unto them among the tribes of Israel.
Judges 19:1
It chanced in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite dwelling on the side of mount Ephraim, took to wife a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah:
Deuteronomy 12:8
Ye shall do after nothing that we do here this day - every man what seemeth him good in his own eyes -
Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, and after the manner of the Sidonians: still, and without casting of perils, and that no man made any trouble in the land or usurped any dominion, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no business with any nation.
Psalm 12:4
Which have said, "With our tongue will we prevail; we are they that ought to speak; Who is lord over us?"
Proverbs 3:5
Put thy trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which some men think to be right; but the end thereof leadeth unto death.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Be glad then, O thou young man, in thy youth, and let thine heart be merry in thy young days; follow the ways of thine own heart, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shall bring thee into judgment for all these things.
Micah 2:1-2
Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God.