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


In Context

2 saying, |There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.

3 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'

4 He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,

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

6 The Lord said, |Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.

7 Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:5yet 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!' "

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 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.