Luke 14:30
World English Bible (WEB)
saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
In context
28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
29 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
30 saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
Luke 14:30 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
- KJV King James Version
- Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- saying — This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
- DBY Darby Translation
- saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.