Judges 21:25
And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own sight.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 17:6And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:7And the five men went on, and came to Laish; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as is the manner of the Sidonians, and there is no one perverting or shaming a matter in the land, no heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with anyone.
Psalms 12:4Lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: 1 My persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved. 1
Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seems to be right with men, 1 But the ends of it reach to the depth of hell. 1
Isaiah 53:6All we as sheep have gone astray; every one has gone astray in his way; and the Lord gave him up for our sins.
Micah 2:1They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.
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 →