Luke 18:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And will not [our just] God defend and protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

Common English Bible

⁷ Won’t God provide justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he be slow to help them?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ So then, will not God grant the vindication of his elect, who cry out to him day and night? Or will he continue to endure them?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night: and will he have patience in their regard?

Luke 18:7 Cross References

Psalm 88:1

O Lord, my God, I call for help by day; I cry out in the night before thee.

Psalm 9:8

and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity.

Exodus 22:23

If you do afflict them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry;

Isaiah 40:27

Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hid from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”?

Habakkuk 2:3

For still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Matthew 24:24

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 7:11

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Luke 11:13

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Luke 2:37

and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Luke 21:28

Now when these things begin to take place, look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Romans 8:33

Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies;

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,

1 Thessalonians 3:10

praying earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?

2 Thessalonians 1:6

since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

1 Timothy 5:5

She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day;

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as did my fathers, when I remember you constantly in my prayers.

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.

Titus 1:1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness,

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow about his promise as some count slowness, but is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”

Revelation 6:10

they cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?”

Revelation 7:15

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night within his temple; and he who sits upon the throne will shelter them with his presence.