In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
WEB
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
YLT
in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.
DBT
In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy