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Judges 17:6

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In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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  1. Deuteronomy 12:8Rank 1 from verse 6
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    8Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

  2. Proverbs 12:15Rank 2 from verse 6
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

  3. Proverbs 14:12Rank 3 from verse 6
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    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

  4. Judges 21:25Rank 4 from verse 6
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    25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

  5. Judges 18:1Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1IN 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 all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

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Judges 17:6

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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7¶ And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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