Luke 18:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
In context
2 “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
3 And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
5 yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.
Luke 18:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
- KJV King James Version
- And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
- WEB World English Bible
- He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God and respect not man,
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;