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Judges 17:6

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4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

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

7 And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

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BSB
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
KJV
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
WEB
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
ASV
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
DARBY
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
BLB
In those days [there was] no king in Israel; each man did the right in his own eyes.
ÅB
I de dager var det ingen konge i Israel; hver mann gjorde hva rett var i hans øyne.
OTB
På den tiden var det ingen konge i Israel, og alle gjorde som de selv fant for godt.
B1930
I de dager var det ingen konge i Israel; hver mann gjorde hvad rett var i hans øine.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 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.

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  • Proverbs 12:15

    The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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  • Proverbs 14:12

    There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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  • Judges 21:25

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

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  • Judges 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 Beth-lehem-judah.

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  • Judges 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 tribes of Israel.

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  • Proverbs 16:2

    All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

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  • Psalms 12:4

    Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

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