Luke 18:5

Easy-to-Read Version

But this woman is bothering me. If I give her what she wants, then she will leave me alone. But if I don't give her what she wants, she will bother me until I am sick.'"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
yet because this widow keeps

King James Version (1611)
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will auenge her, lest by her continuall comming, she wearie me.

King James Version
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
yet because this widow is bothering me, I will give her justice; otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'"

New Century Version
I will see that she gets her rights. Otherwise she will continue to bother me until I am worn out.'"

Amplified Bible
yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will give her justice and legal protection; otherwise by continually coming she [will be an intolerable annoyance and she] will wear me out.'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'"

Legacy Standard Bible
yet because this widow is bothering me, I will give her justice, lest by continually coming she wears me out.'"

Berean Standard Bible
yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.'"

Contemporary English Version
I will help this widow because she keeps on bothering me. If I don't help her, she will wear me out."

Complete Jewish Bible
but because this widow is such a nudnik, I will see to it that she gets justice — otherwise, she'll keep coming and pestering me till she wears me out!'"

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet because this widowe troubleth mee, I will doe her right, lest at the last shee come and make me wearie.

George Lamsa Translation
Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, so that she may not keep coming and annoy me.

Good News Translation
yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!'"

Lexham English Bible
yet because this widow is causing trouble for me, I will grant her justice, so that she does not wear me down in the end by her coming back!'"

Literal Translation
yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will avenge her, that not coming to the end, she wear me down.

American Standard Version
yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

Bible in Basic English
Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

Hebrew Names Version
yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

International Standard Version
Yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice. Otherwise, she will keep coming and wear me out.'"Luke 11:8;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
yet, because this widow wearies me, I will avenge her, that in all time she come not molesting me.

Murdock Translation
yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will vindicate her; that she may not be always coming and troubling me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yet because this widdowe [much] troubleth me, I wyll auenge her: leste she come at the last, & make me weery.

English Revised Version
yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

World English Bible
yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Yet because this widow giveth me trouble, I will do her justice, left by her continual coming she weary me out.

Weymouth's New Testament
yet because she annoys me I will give her justice, to prevent her from constantly coming to pester me.'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
netheles for this widewe is heuy to me, Y schal venge hir; lest at the laste sche comynge condempne me.

Update Bible Version
yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

New English Translation
yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'"

New King James Version
yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me."'

New Living Translation
but this woman is driving me crazy. I'm going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!'"

New Life Bible
But I will see that this woman whose husband has died gets her rights because I get tired of her coming all the time.'"

New Revised Standard
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet, if only because this widow annoyeth me, I will vindicate her, - lest, persistently coming, she wholly wear me out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.

Revised Standard Version
yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
yet because this wedowe troubleth me I will avenge her lest at the laste she come and hagge on me.

Young's Literal Translation
yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
yet seynge this weddowe is so importune vpon me, I wil delyuer her, lest she come at the last, and rayle vpon me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
yet, because this widow importunes me, I will do her justice, that she may'nt be continually coming to teaze me.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Finally, just to be rid of her, the judge did what she wanted because he was tired of seeing and hearing from her every single day."

Contextual Overview

¹ Then Jesus taught the followers that they should always pray and never lose hope. He used this story to teach them: ² "Once there was a judge in a town. He did not care about God. He also did not care what people thought about him. ³ In that same town there was a woman whose husband had died. She came many times to this judge and said, ‘There is a man who is doing bad things to me. Give me my rights!' ⁴ But the judge did not want to help the woman. After a long time, the judge thought to himself, ‘I don't care about God. And I don't care about what people think. ⁵ But this woman is bothering me. If I give her what she wants, then she will leave me alone. But if I don't give her what she wants, she will bother me until I am sick.'" ⁶ The Lord said, "Listen, there is meaning in what the bad judge said. ⁷ God's people shout to him night and day, and he will always give them what is right. He will not be slow to answer them. ⁸ I tell you, God will help his people quickly. But when the Son of Man comes again, will he find people on earth who believe in him?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

because: Luke 11:8, Judges 16:16, 2 Samuel 13:24-27

weary: Luke 18:39, Matthew 15:23, Mark 10:47, Mark 10:48

Reciprocal: Judges 14:17 - she lay Nehemiah 6:4 - four times Psalms 63:8 - followeth

Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man before. I will give my daughters to you. You can do anything you want with them. But please don't do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them."

Genesis 33:10
Jacob said, "No, I beg you! If you really accept me, please accept the gifts I give you. I am very happy to see your face again. It is like seeing the face of God. I am very happy to see that you accept me.

Judges 6:18
Please wait here. Don't go away until I come back to you. Let me bring my offering and set it down in front of you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you come back."

Judges 13:15
Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like for you to stay a while. We want to cook a young goat for you to eat."

Judges 19:5
On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning. The Levite was getting ready to leave. But the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Eat something first. After you eat, you can go."

Psalms 104:15
You give us the wine that makes us happy, the oil that makes our skin soft, and the food that makes us strong.

Isaiah 3:1
Understand what I am telling you: The Lord God All-Powerful will take away everything Judah and Jerusalem depend on. He will take away all the food and water.

Matthew 6:11
Give us the food we need for today.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet because this widow troubleth me,.... By often knocking at his door, by loud cries and earnest entreaties, with strong arguments, and floods of tears, and could not easily be removed from his presence, or got out of his house:

I will avenge her; I will hear her cause, do her justice, and deliver her from her troublesome adversary:

lest by her continual coming she weary me: so that it was not from a conscience of duty in him, as a judge, or from a commiseration of the poor widow's case; but from a selfish end, for his own ease, in perfect agreement to his character, that his house might not be disturbed, and his ears stunned with her noise and cry, and he was pestered with her company day after day. The character of this judge, his reasoning with himself upon it, his principles from which he acted, and the ends he had in view, are wholly to be left out in the accommodation of this parable; and no farther to be considered than as the argument from the lesser to the greater may be strengthened by them; the intention of the parable being only to show the force, efficacy, and usefulness of importunity in prayer, as appears by the application of it, by our Lord, in the verses following.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For a while - Probably this means for a “considerable” time. It was his duty to attend to the claims of justice, but this was long delayed.

Within himself - He thought, or came to a conclusion.

Though I fear not ... - This contains the reason why he attended to the case at all. It was not from any regard to justice, or to the duties of his office. It was simply to avoid “trouble.” And yet his conduct in this case might have appeared very upright, and possibly might have been strictly according to law and to justice. How many actions are performed that “appear well,” when the doers of those actions know that they are mere hypocrisy! and how many actions are performed from the basest and lowest motives of “selfishness,” that have the appearance of external propriety and even of goodness!

She weary me - The word used here, in the original, is that which was employed to denote the wounds and bruises caused by “boxers,” who beat each other, and blacken their eyes, and disable them. See the notes at 1 Corinthians 9:27. Hence, it means any vexatious and troublesome importunity that takes the time, and disables from other employment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 18:5. She weary me. — υπωπιαζη με, 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.