4 "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care what people think,

Other Translations of Luke 18:4

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man,

The Message

4 "He never gave her the time of day. But after this went on and on he said to himself, 'I care nothing what God thinks, even less what people think.

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

4 The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, 'I don't fear God or care about people,

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 18:4

Commentary on Luke 18:1-8

(Read 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.