New: Plus articles on faith, family and the Bible. Read them →

Berean Standard Bible

“Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?”

Luke 18:7

Save as image

Study note

Jesus tells the parable of the persistent widow, who keeps pleading with an unjust judge until he gives her justice.

Open Study notes above for the full note.

Compare translations

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?

World English Bible (WEB)

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

King James Version (KJV)

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

American Standard Version (ASV)

And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿Y Dios no hará justicia á sus escogidos, que claman á él día y noche, aunque sea longánime acerca de ellos?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

—

Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¿No creen ustedes que Dios hará justicia a los que él ha escogido y que claman a él día y noche? ¿Se tardará él en responderles?

Be the first to discuss this verse in Yeshva.

Share your thoughts on this verse with the Yeshva community.

Discuss in Yeshva