New Revised Standard Version
For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone,

Contemporary English Version
For a while the judge refused to do anything. Finally, he said to himself, "Even though I don't fear God or care about people,

New American Bible
For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,

And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,

he said.

Luke 12:17 And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Luke 16:3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.

Hebrews 4:12,13 For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow: and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. . . .