In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
In those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is 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.
WEB
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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