Luke 18:3 There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’

18:3 AMP

Parallel Verses

Amplified Bible - There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’
新标点和合本 - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。’
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个冤家，求你给我伸冤。’
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个冤家，求你给我伸冤。’
当代译本 - 那城里有一位寡妇常常来哀求这位审判官，说，‘求你为我申冤，惩办我的对头。’
圣经新译本 - 那城里有一个寡妇，常常来到他那里，说：‘求你给我伸冤，使我脱离我的对头！’
中文标准译本 - 那城里有一个寡妇，经常到他那里去，说：‘请为我向我的对头讨个公道。’
现代标点和合本 - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我申冤。’
和合本（拼音版） - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。’
New International Version - And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
New International Reader's Version - A widow lived in that town. She came to the judge again and again. She kept begging him, ‘Make things right for me. Someone is treating me badly.’
English Standard Version - And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
New Living Translation - A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’
Christian Standard Bible - And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
New American Standard Bible - Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my opponent.’
New King James Version - Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’
American Standard Version - and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
King James Version - And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
New English Translation - There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
World English Bible - A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
新標點和合本 - 那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我伸冤。』
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個冤家，求你給我伸冤。』
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個冤家，求你給我伸冤。』
當代譯本 - 那城裡有一位寡婦常常來哀求這位審判官，說，『求你為我伸冤，懲辦我的對頭。』
聖經新譯本 - 那城裡有一個寡婦，常常來到他那裡，說：‘求你給我伸冤，使我脫離我的對頭！’
呂振中譯本 - 那城裏有個寡婦，常去見他說，「從告我的對頭身上給我伸冤吧。」
中文標準譯本 - 那城裡有一個寡婦，經常到他那裡去，說：『請為我向我的對頭討個公道。』
現代標點和合本 - 那城裡有個寡婦，常到他那裡，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我申冤。』
文理和合譯本 - 其邑有嫠、屢就之曰、有仇我者、祈伸我冤、
文理委辦譯本 - 有嫠入見曰、有仇我者、請伸我冤、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其邑有一嫠婦、入見之曰、有仇我者、請伸我冤、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 邑中有一嫠婦含冤、頻來訴、請為昭雪。
Nueva Versión Internacional - En el mismo pueblo había una viuda que insistía en pedirle: “Hágame usted justicia contra mi adversario”.
현대인의 성경 - 그리고 그 도시에는 한 과부도 있었는데 그녀는 자주 재판관에게 찾아가서 자기 원수를 갚아 달라고 애원하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - В том же городе жила вдова, которая постоянно ходила к нему и умоляла: «Защити меня от моего противника».
Восточный перевод - В том же городе жила вдова, которая постоянно ходила к нему и умоляла: «Защити меня от моего противника».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - В том же городе жила вдова, которая постоянно ходила к нему и умоляла: «Защити меня от моего противника».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - В том же городе жила вдова, которая постоянно ходила к нему и умоляла: «Защити меня от моего противника».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il y avait aussi, dans cette même ville, une veuve qui venait constamment le trouver pour lui dire : « Défends mon droit contre mon adversaire. »
リビングバイブル - 同じ町に住む一人の未亡人が、たびたびこの裁判官のところへ押しかけ、『訴えられて困っています。どうか私を守ってください』と願い出ました。
Nestle Aland 28 - χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα· ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα, ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.
Nova Versão Internacional - E havia naquela cidade uma viúva que se dirigia continuamente a ele, suplicando-lhe: ‘Faze-me justiça contra o meu adversário’.
Hoffnung für alle - In derselben Stadt lebte auch eine Witwe. Diese bestürmte ihn Tag für Tag mit ihrer Not: ›Verhilf mir doch endlich zu meinem Recht!‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trong thành phố ấy có một quả phụ đến xin phán quan xét xử và nói: ‘Xin xét công minh cho tôi để chống lại kẻ thù tôi.’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในเมืองนั้นมีหญิงม่ายคนหนึ่งที่เพียรมาหาเขา และพร่ำวิงวอนว่า ‘กรุณาให้ความยุติธรรมในคดีของข้าพเจ้าด้วยเถิด’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - มีหญิงม่ายคนหนึ่งในเมืองนั้นได้เพียรมาขอพบเขาและวิงวอนว่า ‘ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าได้รับความยุติธรรมในการสู้คดีกับโจทก์ของข้าพเจ้าเถิด’

Cross Reference

Luke 18:7 - And will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf?
Luke 18:8 - I tell you that He will defend and avenge them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [this kind of persistent] faith on the earth?”
Job 22:9 - You have sent widows away empty-handed, And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.
Jeremiah 5:28 - They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous), They excel in acts of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper, And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Isaiah 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a prostitute [idolatrous, despicable], She who was full of justice! Right standing with God once lodged in her, But now murderers.
Isaiah 1:22 - Your silver has turned to lead, Your wine is diluted with water.
Isaiah 1:23 - Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes And chases after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].
2 Samuel 14:5 - The king asked her, “ What is the matter?” She said, “Truly I am a widow; my husband is dead.
2 Samuel 14:6 - Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled and fought in the field. There was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.
2 Samuel 14:7 - Now behold, the entire family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother, so that we may put him to death [to pay] for the life of his brother whom he killed and destroy the heir also.’ By doing this they will extinguish my coal that is left, leaving my husband without a name or a remnant (heir) on the face of the earth.”
2 Samuel 14:8 - Then David said to the woman, “Go to your home, and I will give orders concerning you.”
2 Samuel 14:9 - The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, the guilt is on me and on my father’s house, but the king and his throne are guiltless.”
2 Samuel 14:10 - The king said, “If anyone speaks to you [about this matter], bring him to me [for judgment], and he will not touch you again.”
2 Samuel 14:11 - Then she said, “Please let the king remember the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son.” And David said, “As the Lord lives, not a single hair [from the head] of your son shall fall to the ground.”
2 Samuel 14:12 - Then the woman said, “Please let your maidservant speak one more word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”
2 Samuel 14:13 - The woman said, “Now why have you planned such a thing against God’s people? For in speaking this word the king is like a guilty man, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.
2 Samuel 14:14 - For we will certainly die and are like water that is spilled on the ground and cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not [simply] take away life, but devises plans so that the one who is banished is not driven away from Him.
2 Samuel 14:15 - Now I came to speak of this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. So your maidservant thought, ‘I will just speak to the king; perhaps the king will do what his maidservant requests.
2 Samuel 14:16 - For the king will hear and save his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the inheritance of God.’
2 Samuel 14:17 - Then your maidservant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for my lord the king is as the angel of God to discern good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’ ”
2 Samuel 14:18 - Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Do not hide from me anything that I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king please speak.”
2 Samuel 14:19 - The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all of this?” And the woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me; he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.
2 Samuel 14:20 - In order to change the appearance of things [between Absalom and you, his father] your servant Joab did this thing. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that is in the earth.”
2 Samuel 14:21 - Then the king said to Joab, “Listen, I will most certainly do this thing; now go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
2 Samuel 14:22 - Joab bowed his face toward the ground and lay himself down and blessed the king. Then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has done the request of his servant.”
2 Samuel 14:23 - So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 14:24 - However, the king said, “Let him go to his own house, and do not let him see my face.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the king’s face.
Job 29:13 - The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
Romans 13:3 - For [civil] authorities are not a source of fear for [people of] good behavior, but for [those who do] evil. Do you want to be unafraid of authority? Do what is good and you will receive approval and commendation.
Romans 13:4 - For he is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, [you should] be afraid; for he does not carry the [executioner’s] sword for nothing. He is God’s servant, an avenger who brings punishment on the wrongdoer.
Deuteronomy 27:19 - ‘Cursed is he who distorts (perverts) the justice due to a stranger, an orphan, and a widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do good. Seek justice, Rebuke the ruthless, Defend the fatherless, Plead for the [rights of the] widow [in court].

Parallel Verses

Cross Reference

Amplified Bible - There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’
新标点和合本 - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。’
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个冤家，求你给我伸冤。’
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个冤家，求你给我伸冤。’
当代译本 - 那城里有一位寡妇常常来哀求这位审判官，说，‘求你为我申冤，惩办我的对头。’
圣经新译本 - 那城里有一个寡妇，常常来到他那里，说：‘求你给我伸冤，使我脱离我的对头！’
中文标准译本 - 那城里有一个寡妇，经常到他那里去，说：‘请为我向我的对头讨个公道。’
现代标点和合本 - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我申冤。’
和合本（拼音版） - 那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。’
New International Version - And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
New International Reader's Version - A widow lived in that town. She came to the judge again and again. She kept begging him, ‘Make things right for me. Someone is treating me badly.’
English Standard Version - And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
New Living Translation - A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’
Christian Standard Bible - And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
New American Standard Bible - Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my opponent.’
New King James Version - Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’
American Standard Version - and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
King James Version - And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
New English Translation - There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
World English Bible - A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
新標點和合本 - 那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我伸冤。』
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個冤家，求你給我伸冤。』
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個冤家，求你給我伸冤。』
當代譯本 - 那城裡有一位寡婦常常來哀求這位審判官，說，『求你為我伸冤，懲辦我的對頭。』
聖經新譯本 - 那城裡有一個寡婦，常常來到他那裡，說：‘求你給我伸冤，使我脫離我的對頭！’
呂振中譯本 - 那城裏有個寡婦，常去見他說，「從告我的對頭身上給我伸冤吧。」
中文標準譯本 - 那城裡有一個寡婦，經常到他那裡去，說：『請為我向我的對頭討個公道。』
現代標點和合本 - 那城裡有個寡婦，常到他那裡，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我申冤。』
文理和合譯本 - 其邑有嫠、屢就之曰、有仇我者、祈伸我冤、
文理委辦譯本 - 有嫠入見曰、有仇我者、請伸我冤、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其邑有一嫠婦、入見之曰、有仇我者、請伸我冤、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 邑中有一嫠婦含冤、頻來訴、請為昭雪。
Nueva Versión Internacional - En el mismo pueblo había una viuda que insistía en pedirle: “Hágame usted justicia contra mi adversario”.
현대인의 성경 - 그리고 그 도시에는 한 과부도 있었는데 그녀는 자주 재판관에게 찾아가서 자기 원수를 갚아 달라고 애원하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - В том же городе жила вдова, которая постоянно ходила к нему и умоляла: «Защити меня от моего противника».
Восточный перевод - В том же городе жила вдова, которая постоянно ходила к нему и умоляла: «Защити меня от моего противника».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - В том же городе жила вдова, которая постоянно ходила к нему и умоляла: «Защити меня от моего противника».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - В том же городе жила вдова, которая постоянно ходила к нему и умоляла: «Защити меня от моего противника».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il y avait aussi, dans cette même ville, une veuve qui venait constamment le trouver pour lui dire : « Défends mon droit contre mon adversaire. »
リビングバイブル - 同じ町に住む一人の未亡人が、たびたびこの裁判官のところへ押しかけ、『訴えられて困っています。どうか私を守ってください』と願い出ました。
Nestle Aland 28 - χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα· ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - χήρα δὲ ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἤρχετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσα, ἐκδίκησόν με ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου μου.
Nova Versão Internacional - E havia naquela cidade uma viúva que se dirigia continuamente a ele, suplicando-lhe: ‘Faze-me justiça contra o meu adversário’.
Hoffnung für alle - In derselben Stadt lebte auch eine Witwe. Diese bestürmte ihn Tag für Tag mit ihrer Not: ›Verhilf mir doch endlich zu meinem Recht!‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trong thành phố ấy có một quả phụ đến xin phán quan xét xử và nói: ‘Xin xét công minh cho tôi để chống lại kẻ thù tôi.’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในเมืองนั้นมีหญิงม่ายคนหนึ่งที่เพียรมาหาเขา และพร่ำวิงวอนว่า ‘กรุณาให้ความยุติธรรมในคดีของข้าพเจ้าด้วยเถิด’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - มีหญิงม่ายคนหนึ่งในเมืองนั้นได้เพียรมาขอพบเขาและวิงวอนว่า ‘ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าได้รับความยุติธรรมในการสู้คดีกับโจทก์ของข้าพเจ้าเถิด’

Luke 18:7 - And will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf?
Luke 18:8 - I tell you that He will defend and avenge them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [this kind of persistent] faith on the earth?”
Job 22:9 - You have sent widows away empty-handed, And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.
Jeremiah 5:28 - They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous), They excel in acts of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper, And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Isaiah 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a prostitute [idolatrous, despicable], She who was full of justice! Right standing with God once lodged in her, But now murderers.
Isaiah 1:22 - Your silver has turned to lead, Your wine is diluted with water.
Isaiah 1:23 - Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes And chases after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].
2 Samuel 14:5 - The king asked her, “ What is the matter?” She said, “Truly I am a widow; my husband is dead.
2 Samuel 14:6 - Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled and fought in the field. There was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.
2 Samuel 14:7 - Now behold, the entire family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother, so that we may put him to death [to pay] for the life of his brother whom he killed and destroy the heir also.’ By doing this they will extinguish my coal that is left, leaving my husband without a name or a remnant (heir) on the face of the earth.”
2 Samuel 14:8 - Then David said to the woman, “Go to your home, and I will give orders concerning you.”
2 Samuel 14:9 - The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, the guilt is on me and on my father’s house, but the king and his throne are guiltless.”
2 Samuel 14:10 - The king said, “If anyone speaks to you [about this matter], bring him to me [for judgment], and he will not touch you again.”
2 Samuel 14:11 - Then she said, “Please let the king remember the Lord your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son.” And David said, “As the Lord lives, not a single hair [from the head] of your son shall fall to the ground.”
2 Samuel 14:12 - Then the woman said, “Please let your maidservant speak one more word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”
2 Samuel 14:13 - The woman said, “Now why have you planned such a thing against God’s people? For in speaking this word the king is like a guilty man, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.
2 Samuel 14:14 - For we will certainly die and are like water that is spilled on the ground and cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not [simply] take away life, but devises plans so that the one who is banished is not driven away from Him.
2 Samuel 14:15 - Now I came to speak of this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. So your maidservant thought, ‘I will just speak to the king; perhaps the king will do what his maidservant requests.
2 Samuel 14:16 - For the king will hear and save his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the inheritance of God.’
2 Samuel 14:17 - Then your maidservant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for my lord the king is as the angel of God to discern good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’ ”
2 Samuel 14:18 - Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Do not hide from me anything that I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king please speak.”
2 Samuel 14:19 - The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all of this?” And the woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me; he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.
2 Samuel 14:20 - In order to change the appearance of things [between Absalom and you, his father] your servant Joab did this thing. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that is in the earth.”
2 Samuel 14:21 - Then the king said to Joab, “Listen, I will most certainly do this thing; now go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
2 Samuel 14:22 - Joab bowed his face toward the ground and lay himself down and blessed the king. Then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has done the request of his servant.”
2 Samuel 14:23 - So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 14:24 - However, the king said, “Let him go to his own house, and do not let him see my face.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the king’s face.
Job 29:13 - The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
Romans 13:3 - For [civil] authorities are not a source of fear for [people of] good behavior, but for [those who do] evil. Do you want to be unafraid of authority? Do what is good and you will receive approval and commendation.
Romans 13:4 - For he is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, [you should] be afraid; for he does not carry the [executioner’s] sword for nothing. He is God’s servant, an avenger who brings punishment on the wrongdoer.
Deuteronomy 27:19 - ‘Cursed is he who distorts (perverts) the justice due to a stranger, an orphan, and a widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do good. Seek justice, Rebuke the ruthless, Defend the fatherless, Plead for the [rights of the] widow [in court].