“Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?”
— WEB
Luke 18:7
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?”
— KJV
“And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?”
— ASV
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Commentary
shall not God--not unjust, but the infinitely righteous Judge. avenge--redeem from oppression. his own elect--not like this widow, the object of indifference and contempt, but dear to Him as the apple of the eye (Zac 2:8). cry day and night--whose every cry enters into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth (Jam 5:4), and how much more their incessant and persevering cries! bear long with them--rather, "in their case," or "on their account" (as) Jam 5:7, "for it"), [GROTIUS, DE WETTE, &c.].
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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