Judges 21:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִ֛ישׁ הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָ֖יו יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Transliteration

In the yāmîm the hāhēm ʾên melek in Yiśrāʾēl ʾîš the hayyāšār in his ʿênāyw yaʿăśeh.

Grammar Details

• *ba-yāmîm*: preposition + noun with definite article, masculine, plural - in the days
• *hā-hēm*: pronoun with definite article, masculine, plural - those
• *ʾên*: negative particle of existence - there was not
• *melek*: noun, masculine, singular - king
• *bə-Yiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - in Israel
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine, singular - each man
• *ha-yāšār*: adjective with definite article, masculine, singular - the right
• *bə-ʿênāyw*: preposition + noun, feminine, dual construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his eyes
• *yaʿăśeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would do

Word Meanings

• *ʾên melek*: there was no king/there was no ruler
• *ha-yāšār bə-ʿênāyw*: what was right in his eyes/what seemed right to him/what he thought was right
• *yaʿăśeh*: would do/did/would practice

Referenced Verses

• Judg 19:1 : 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 farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
• Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
• Judg 18:1 : 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 [their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
• Deut 12:8 : 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes;
• Judg 18:7 : 7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
• Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: Who is lord over us?
• Prov 3:5 : 5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
• Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.
• Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
• Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.