Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.'
A Conservative Version
And a widow was in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my opponent.
American Standard Version
and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
There was [also] a widow in that [same] town who kept coming to the judge saying, 'Grant me a [favorable] judgment against my opponent.'
Anderson New Testament
And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, and said: Avenge me on my opponent at law.
Common New Testament
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
a widow was likewise there, who frequently came to him, saying, do me justice against my adversary.
Darby Translation
and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.
Godbey New Testament
And there was a widow in that city; and she continued to come to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
Goodspeed New Testament
There was a widow in the city and she came to him and said, 'Protect me from my opponent.'
John Wesley New Testament
And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Do me justice on mine adversary.
Julia Smith Translation
And a widow was in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
King James 2000
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And there was a widow in that town, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary!'
Modern King James verseion
And a widow was in that city. And she came to Him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there was a certain widow in the same city, which came unto him saying, 'Avenge me of mine adversary.'
Moffatt New Testament
And in that town there was a widow who used to go and appeal to him for 'Justice against my opponent!'
Montgomery New Testament
"In that same town there was a widow who came again and again before him, saying, "'Do for me the justice of my adversary.'
NET Bible
There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
New Heart English Bible
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.'
Noyes New Testament
And there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary!
Sawyer New Testament
And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Give me judgment against my adversary.
The Emphasized Bible
And, a widow, there was, in that city; and she kept coming unto him, saying - Vindicate me from mine adversary!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Do me justice against my adversary.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In the same town there was a widow who went to him again and again, and said 'Grant me justice against my opponent.'
Webster
And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
Weymouth New Testament
And in the same town was a widow who repeatedly came and entreated him, saying, "'Give me justice and stop my oppressor.'
Williams New Testament
And in that city there was a widow who continued to come to him and say, 'Give me justice and protection from my opponent.'
World English Bible
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'
Worrell New Testament
And there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Avenge me of my adversary.'
Worsley New Testament
And there was a widow in that city, who came to him, saying, Do me justice of my adversary.
Youngs Literal Translation
and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 18:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Unjust Judge
2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man: 3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong. 4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
2 Samuel 14:5-24
And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
Isaiah 1:21-23
The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
Luke 18:7-8
And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;