Luke 18 · Verse 5

Luke 18:5

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Luke 18:5, King James Version

Luke 18:5 in other translations

BSByet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
WEByet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
ASVyet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.
YLTyet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'
DARBYat any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.
BBEBecause 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.
WebsterYet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

What does Luke 18:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 18:1-5

Lu 18:1-8. Parable of the Importunate Widow. 1-5. always--Compare Lu 18:7, "night and day." faint--lose heart, or slacken.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 She weary me - Ὑπωπιαζῃ με, Stun me. A metaphor taken from boxers, who bruise each other, and by beating each other about the face blacken the eyes. See 1Cor 9:27.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 18:1-8

All God's people are praying people. Here earnest steadiness in prayer for spiritual mercies is taught. The widow's earnestness prevailed even with the unjust judge: she might fear lest it should set him more against her; but our earnest prayer is pleasing to our God. Even to the end there will still be ground for the same complaint of weakness of faith.

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Luke 18:5 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

διάdiabecauseG1223
γεgeyetG1065
τὸtoitG3588
παρέχεινparecheinoccasioningG3930
μοιmoimeG3165
κόπονkopontroubleG2873
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
χήρανchēranwidowG5503
ταύτηνtautēnthisG3778
ἐκδικήσωekdikēsōI will avengeG1556
αὐτήν,autēnher,G846
ἵναinaso thatG2443
μὴmēnotG3361
εἰςeistoG1519
τέλοςtelosendG5056
ἐρχομένηerchomenēcomingG2064
ὑπωπιάζῃhupōpiazēshe may exhaustG5299
με.¶meme.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 18:5

  • Luke 11:8

    I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

  • Luke 18:39

    And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

  • Judges 16:16

    And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

  • Mark 10:47-48

    And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

  • 2 Samuel 13:24-27

    And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant. And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.

  • Matthew 15:23

    But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
because.
11:8; Jud 16:16; 2Sa 13:24-27
weary.
39; Mt 15:23; Mr 10:47,48

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Context

  • Luke 18:4

    And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

  • Luke 18:5

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

  • Luke 18:6

    And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

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Luke 18:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Todavía, porque esta viuda me es molesta, le haré justicia, porque al fin no venga y me muela.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		néanmoins, parce que cette veuve m’ennuie, je lui ferai justice, de peur que, revenant sans cesse, elle ne me rompe la tête.
German
Elberfelder 1871		so will ich doch, weil diese Witwe mir Mühe macht, ihr Recht verschaffen, auf daß sie nicht unaufhörlich komme und mich quäle.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		tamen quia molesta est mihi hæc vidua, vindicabo illam, ne in novissimo veniens sugillet me.