Judges 21:25
Good News Translation
There was no king in Israel at that time. Everyone did whatever they pleased.

New Revised Standard Version
In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.

Contemporary English Version
In those days Israel wasn't ruled by a king, and everyone did what they thought was right.

New American Bible
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own sight.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Judges 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.

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Judges 18:7 So the five men going on came to Lais: and they saw how the people dwelt therein without any fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and easy, having no man at all to oppose them, being very rich, and living separated, at a distance from Sidon and from all men.

Deuteronomy 12:8 You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.

Psalm 12:4 Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own: who is Lord over us?

Proverbs 3:5 In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Micah 2:1,2 Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee. . . .

Context
Wives for the Benjamites
24The children of Israel also returned by their tribes, and families, to their dwellings. 25In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself.
Cross References
Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.

Judges 19:1
There was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda:

Judges 21:24
The children of Israel also returned by their tribes, and families, to their dwellings.

Judges 21:24
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