Judges 17:6
Good News Translation
There was no king in Israel at that time; everyone did whatever they wanted.

New Revised Standard Version
In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.

Contemporary English Version
This was before kings ruled Israel, so all the Israelites did whatever they thought was right.

New American Bible
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

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Judges 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.

Judges 19:1 There was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda:

Judges 21:3,25 O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us? . . .

Genesis 36:31 And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king, were these:

Deuteronomy 33:5 He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people, being assembled with the tribes of Israel.

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Deuteronomy 12:8 You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.

Psalm 12:4 Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own: who is Lord over us?

Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth just to a man: but the ends thereof lead to death.

Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Jeremiah 44:16,17 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee: . . .

Context
Micah's Idolatry
5And he separated also therein a little temple for the god, and made an ephod, and theraphim, that is to say, a priestly garment, and idols: and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest. 6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which seemed right to himself.7There was also another young man of Bethlehem Juda, of the kindred thereof: and he was a Levite, and dwelt there.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:8
You shall not do there the things we do here this day, every man that which seemeth good to himself.

Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in: for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes.

Judges 19:1
There was a certain Levite, who dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, who took a wife of Bethlehem Juda:

Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel: but every one did that which seemed right to himself.

Judges 17:5
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