The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
Luke 18:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) saying, *There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man. American Standard Version (1901) saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man: Common English Bible He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. Catholic Public Domain Version saying: "There was a certain judge in a certain city, who did not fear God and did not respect man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor regarded man. |
The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
The highways are desolate. The travelling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn't regard man.
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'
He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?