The Meaning of Judges 17:6 Explained

Judges 17:6

KJV: In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which 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.

Darby: In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Judges 17:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Judges 17

1  Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes idols
5  And he makes ornaments for them
7  He hires a Levite to be his priest

What do the individual words in Judges 17:6 mean?

In days those [there was] no king in Israel everyone right in his own eyes did [what was] -
בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִ֛ישׁ הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָ֖יו יַעֲשֶֽׂה פ

בַּיָּמִ֣ים  In  days 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הָהֵ֔ם  those 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
אֵ֥ין  [there  was]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מֶ֖לֶךְ  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  in  Israel 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
אִ֛ישׁ  everyone 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
הַיָּשָׁ֥ר  right 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.
בְּעֵינָ֖יו  in  his  own  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
יַעֲשֶֽׂה  did  [what  was] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation