Judges 17:6

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִ֛ישׁ הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָ֖יו יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

LXX-Br

Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις οὐκ ἦν βασιλεὺς ἐν Ἰσραήλ· ἀνὴρ τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐποίει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 12:8You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
• Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
• Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
• Judges 21:25In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
• Judges 19:1Now 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.
• Proverbs 16:2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
• Judges 18:1In 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.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, 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…
• Psalms 12:4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
• Genesis 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
• Jeremiah 44:16–17“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her,…
• Deuteronomy 33:5So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
• Judges 21:3“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).