25In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.


In Context

22 When their fathers or brothers complain to us, we will say to them, 'Do us a kindness by helping them, because we did not get wives for them during the war, and you are innocent, since you did not give your daughters to them.' "

23 So that is what the Benjamites did. While the girls were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.

24 At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance.

25 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.

Judges 21:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:25In those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is right in his own eyes.