Luke 18:5

Luke 18:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
• New International Version (NIV)yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”

Context of Luke 18:5

3and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming. 6And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. 7And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

Luke 18:5 word by word

διά γε τὸ παρέχειν μοι κόπον τὴν χήραν ταύτην ἐκδικήσω αὐτήν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς τέλος ἐρχομένη ὑπωπιάζῃ με.¶Read the interlinear

• yetγέge · indeedG1065
• widowχήραchēra · widowG5503
• avengeἐκδικέωekdikeō · to avengeG1556
• lestμήmē · notG3361
• comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064

Cross-references for Luke 18:5

• Luke 11:8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.
• Judges 16:16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.
• 2 Samuel 13:24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
• Luke 18:39And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
• Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
• Mark 10:47And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

Commentaries on Luke 18:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5She weary me - ̔ͅ , Stun me. A metaphor taken from boxers, who bruise each other, and by beating each other about the face blacken the eyes. See 1 Corinthians 9:27.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5keeps pestering me: This vivid Greek expression literally means “striking the eye” or “giving me a black eye,” like a boxer hitting an opponent. It describes someone being worn down by constant persistence.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81-5. always--Compare Lu 18:7, "night and day." faint--lose heart, or slacken.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 18:5

• Despondency
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Admiration
• Bear
• Elect
• Buffet
• Continual; Continually
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Martha
• Prayer

Commentaries on Luke 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings