2 He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.

Other Translations of Luke 18:2

King James Version

2 Saying, There was in a city in a city: Gr. in a certain city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

English Standard Version

2 He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

The Message

2 He said, "There was once a judge in some city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people.

New King James Version

2 saying: "There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.

New Living Translation

2 "There was a judge in a certain city," he said, "who neither feared God nor cared about people.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 18:2

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.