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Luke 18:5 KJV
Luke · chapter 18 · verse 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 context
3And there was a widow in that city; and she came 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;
5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
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Key words (Strong's)
- troublethparechōto reach forth, offer, to show, afford, supply, to be the authors of, or to cause one to…G3930 →
- troublethkoposa beating, a beating of the breast with grief, sorrow, labour, trouble, to cause one…G2873 →
- continualtelosend, termination, the limit at which a thing ceases to be , the end, the last in any…G5056 →
- avengeekdikeōto vindicate one s right, do one justice, to protect, defend, one person from another, to…G1556 →
- comingerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- widowchēraa widow, metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the…G5503 →
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This parable has its key hanging at the door; the drift and design of it are prefixed. Christ spoke it with this intent, to teach us that men ought always to pray and not to faint, Luk 18:1. It supposes that all God's people are praying people;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8