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And there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, ‘Avenge me on mine adversary.’
and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary.
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him, asking, ‘Give me justice in this case against my adversary.’
There was also in that town a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me a judgment against the man who is trying to ruin me.’
In that same town there was a widow who kept going to the judge and saying, “Make sure that I get fair treatment in court.”
and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.
And there was a widow in that city. And she was coming to him, saying, ‘Avenge me from my adversary’.
And there was a certain widow in that city, and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.
In that same town there was a woman whose husband had died. She came many times to this judge and said, ‘There is a man who is doing bad things to me. Give me my rights!’
A woman lived in that same city. Her husband had died. She came to the judge many times with a problem. “Somebody is doing bad things against me. Please keep me safe from that person,” she was saying.
There was a widow in that town, and she kept going to him, saying, ‘Give me justice from my adversary!’
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
In that same town there was a widow [C among the most vulnerable members of society] who kept coming to this judge, saying, ‘Give me ·my rights [justice] against my ·enemy [opponent; adversary].’
And there was a widow in that city, which came unto him, saying, Do me justice against mine adversary.
In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice.’
And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, ‘Help me against my opponent!’
And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
In that same town there was a widow who kept coming to this judge. She said, ‘There is a man who is not being fair to me. Give me my rights!’
In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
“Once upon a time,” he said, “there was a magistrate in a town who had neither fear of God nor respect for his fellow-men. There was a widow in the town who kept coming to him, saying, ‘Please protect me from the man who is trying to ruin me.’ And for a long time he refused. But later he said to himself, ‘Although I don’t fear God and have no respect for men, yet this woman is such a nuisance that I shall give judgment in her favour, or else her continual visits will be the death of me!’”
and there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, Defend me from my adversary.
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice from my opponent.’
And there was a widow in that town, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary!’
A widow of that city came to him frequently to appeal for justice against a man who had harmed her.
Jesus told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit. He said, “There was once a judge in some city who never gave God a thought and cared nothing for people. A widow in that city kept after him: ‘My rights are being violated. Protect me!’
And a widow was in that city. She came to him, saying, ‘Avenge me against my adversary.’
There was a widow · in · that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Vindicate me against · my adversary.’
In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice.’
And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’
Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my opponent.’
There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.’
In that same town there was a widow who kept coming to him and pleading, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
In that same town there was a widow who kept coming to this judge, saying, ‘Give me my rights against my enemy.’
There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
A widow lived in that town. She came to the judge again and again. She kept begging him, ‘Make things right for me. Someone is treating me badly.’
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, “Grant me justice against my adversary.”
Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’
In that city there was a woman whose husband had died. She kept coming to him and saying, ‘Help me! There is someone who is working against me.’
A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’
saying, Avenge me of my adversary!
In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, “Grant me justice against my opponent.”
In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, “Grant me justice against my opponent.”
In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’
In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’
There was a widow in that town, and she came to him and said, ‘Judge my case! Vindicate me against my enemy!’
Now an almanah was in that town and she was coming to him saying, Grant me yashrus (justice) against my ish riv (opponent in a lawsuit). [YESHAYAH 1:17]
“And there was a widow in that city who came to him saying, ‘Do me justice against my adversary.’
and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’
and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my opponent.’
In that same city there was a widow. Again and again she kept coming to him seeking justice: “Clear my name from my adversary’s false accusations!”
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
There was a woman in that city whose husband was dead. The woman came to the judge again and again. She said, "Save me from my enemy!"
And a widow was in that city, and she came to him, and said [saying], Venge me of mine adversary;
and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,
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