Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:7And the five men departed, and came to Layish, and saw the people that were therein, dwelling in security, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one inflicted any wrong in the land, as hereditary ruler; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no concern with any man.
Psalms 12:4(12:5) Who have said, With our tongue will we be mighty; our lips are with us; who is Lord over us!
Proverbs 14:12There is many a way which seemeth even before a man; but its end are ways unto death.
Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep went astray; every one to his own way did we turn; and the Lord let befall him the guilt of us all.
Micah 2:1Woe to those that devise wickedness, and resolve on evil upon their couches! by the first light of the morning they execute it, if they have it in the power of their hand.
Matthew Henry on Judges 21:17-25
The Virgins of Shiloh Surprised. ( b. c. 1409.) 16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the… Read the whole commentary →