5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' "


In Context

2 He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men.

3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

4 "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men,

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!' "

6 And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.

7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

Luke 18:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:5yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:5yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:5Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.