Luke 18:7

In 9 translations

BSB

Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and will God not execute justice to His chosen ones, who are crying to Him day and night—bearing long in regard to them?

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?

DBY

And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?Elohim

DRC

And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night: and will he have patience in their regard?

GNV

Now shall not God auenge his elect, which cry day and night vnto him, yea, though he suffer long for them?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὁ δὲ θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν βοώντων αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μακροθυμεῖ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς;

RP2018

Ὁ δὲ θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν βοώντων πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μακροθυμῶν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς;

TR-Boyd

Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς οὐ μὴ ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν βοώντων πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, καὶ μακροθυμῶν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς;

SCR1894

ο δε θεος ου μη ποιησει την εκδικησιν των εκλεκτων αυτου των βοωντων προς αυτον ημερας και νυκτος και μακροθυμων επ αυτοις

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• 2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
• Hebrews 10:35–37So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward. You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. For, “In just a little while, He who is coming…
• Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
• 1 Timothy 5:5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
• Jeremiah 20:11–13But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will…
• Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
• Luke 2:37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
• Matthew 7:11So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
• Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
• Psalms 13:1–2How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
• Psalms 54:1–7Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might! Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah…
• Romans 8:33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
• 1 Samuel 26:10–11David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand…

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