那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。’

那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个冤家，求你给我伸冤。’

那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个冤家，求你给我伸冤。’

那城里有一位寡妇常常来哀求这位审判官，说，‘求你为我申冤，惩办我的对头。’

那城里有一个寡妇，常常来到他那里，说：‘求你给我伸冤，使我脱离我的对头！’

那城里有一个寡妇，经常到他那里去，说：‘请为我向我的对头讨个公道。’

那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我伸冤。』

那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個冤家，求你給我伸冤。』

那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個冤家，求你給我伸冤。』

那城裡有一位寡婦常常來哀求這位審判官，說，『求你為我伸冤，懲辦我的對頭。』

那城裡有一個寡婦，常常來到他那裡，說：‘求你給我伸冤，使我脫離我的對頭！’

那城裏有個寡婦，常去見他說，「從告我的對頭身上給我伸冤吧。」

那城裡有一個寡婦，經常到他那裡去，說：『請為我向我的對頭討個公道。』

其邑有嫠、屢就之曰、有仇我者、祈伸我冤、

有嫠入見曰、有仇我者、請伸我冤、

其邑有一嫠婦、入見之曰、有仇我者、請伸我冤、

邑中有一嫠婦含冤、頻來訴、請為昭雪。

And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea,‘ Grant 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 city who kept coming to him and saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’

A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying,‘ Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’

And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’

Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying,‘ Give me justice against my opponent.’

Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying,‘ Get justice for me from my adversary.’

and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft 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.’

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,‘ Give me justice against my adversary.’

A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying,‘ Defend me from my adversary!’

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. (niv)

For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended.For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. (niv)

“ Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.” Then all the people shall say,“ Amen!” (niv)

And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless. (niv)

The king asked her,“ What is troubling you?” She said,“ I am a widow; my husband is dead.I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say,‘ Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”The king said to the woman,“ Go home, and I will issue an order in your behalf.”But the woman from Tekoa said to him,“ Let my lord the king pardon me and my family, and let the king and his throne be without guilt.”The king replied,“ If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother you again.”She said,“ Then let the king invoke the Lord his God to prevent the avenger of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed.”“ As surely as the Lord lives,” he said,“ not one hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”Then the woman said,“ Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.”“ Speak,” he replied.The woman said,“ Why then have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, for the king has not brought back his banished son?Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.“ And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought,‘ I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant’s request.Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’“ And now your servant says,‘ May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”Then the king said to the woman,“ Don’t keep from me the answer to what I am going to ask you.”“ Let my lord the king speak,” the woman said.The king asked,“ Isn’t the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered,“ As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God— he knows everything that happens in the land.”The king said to Joab,“ Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king. Joab said,“ Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.”Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.But the king said,“ He must go to his own house; he must not see my face.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king. (niv)

The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing. (niv)

See how the faithful city has become a prostitute! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her— but now murderers!Your silver has become dross, your choice wine is diluted with water.Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them. (niv)

and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor. (niv)

And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” (niv)