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OET (OET-LV) In_the_days the_those there_[was]_not a_king in/on/at/with_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) each_man the_right in/on/at/with_eyes_his_own he_will_do.
OET (OET-RV) In those days, there was no king in Israel—everyone would just do what seemed right to them.
(Occurrence 0) there was no king in Israel
(Some words not found in UHB: in_the=days the=those not king in/on/at/with,Israel (a)_man the,right in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own did )
Alternate translation: “Israel did not yet have a king”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) what was right in his own eyes
(Some words not found in UHB: in_the=days the=those not king in/on/at/with,Israel (a)_man the,right in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own did )
The eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. Alternate translation: “what he judged to be right” or “what he considered to be right”
21:25 The conclusion of chs 17–21 gives the reason for the social disorder of the time. Following the period of the judges, God would make a new covenant with Israel involving King David (2 Sam 7) and the promise of messianic rule. The fulfillment of that promise would go far beyond anything that could be imagined in the time when Israel had no king.
OET (OET-LV) In_the_days the_those there_[was]_not a_king in/on/at/with_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) each_man the_right in/on/at/with_eyes_his_own he_will_do.
OET (OET-RV) In those days, there was no king in Israel—everyone would just do what seemed right to them.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.