Luke 14:29
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
In context
27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
28 Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
29 Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
30 saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
31 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:29 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
- KJV King James Version
- Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
- WEB World English Bible
- Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
- ASV American Standard Version
- Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
- DBY Darby Translation
- in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,
- WBS Webster Bible
- Lest perhaps after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it , all that behold it begin to mock him,