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Judges 17:6

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

KJV

In diebus illis non erat rex in Israël, sed unusquisque quod sibi rectum videbatur, hoc faciebat.

Vulgate

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

LXX

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

ASV

בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/הֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִ֛ישׁ הַ/יָּשָׁ֥ר בְּ/עֵינָ֖י/ו יַעֲשֶֽׂה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 12:8 — Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
  • Deut 12:8 — Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
  • Deut 33:5 — And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
  • Eccl 11:9 — Rejoice, 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
  • Judg 18:1 — In 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
  • Judg 18:1 — In 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
  • Judg 19:1 — And 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.
  • Judg 19:1 — And 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.
  • Judg 21:25 — In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • Judg 21:25 — In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
  • Prov 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
  • Prov 14:12 — There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  • Prov 16:2 — All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
  • Ps 12:4 — Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?