Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
and say, "This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'
A Conservative Version
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
American Standard Version
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
saying, 'This man began to build [a tower] but was not able to finish it.'
Anderson New Testament
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Bible in Basic English
And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
Common New Testament
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
this man, will they say, began to build, but wanted stock to finish.
Darby Translation
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
Godbey New Testament
saying, that this man began to build, and was not able to complete it.
Goodspeed New Testament
and say, 'This man started to erect a building, and could not finish it!'
John Wesley New Testament
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Julia Smith Translation
Saying, That this man began to build, and was not able to finish.
King James 2000
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'
Modern King James verseion
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to make an end.'
Moffatt New Testament
saying, 'This fellow started to build but he could not finish it.'
Montgomery New Testament
"'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'
New Heart English Bible
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'
Noyes New Testament
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Sawyer New Testament
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
The Emphasized Bible
saying - This man, began to build, and was not able to finish!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And say 'Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!'
Webster
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Weymouth New Testament
saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'
Williams New Testament
and say, 'This fellow started to erect a building but could not complete it!'
World English Bible
saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
Worrell New Testament
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish!'
Worsley New Testament
all that see it, should deride him, saying, this man began to build and was not able to finish.
Youngs Literal Translation
saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Themes
Disciples/apostles » Who cannot be a disciple of Christ
Hate » Those that do not hate their life in this world
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches the multitude the conditions of discipleship (in peraea)
Parables » Parables of Christ » Builder of a tower
Topics
Interlinear
Houtos
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 14:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Cost Of Discipleship
29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him. 30 They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!' 31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Names
Cross References
Matthew 7:27
The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"
Matthew 27:3-8
Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,
Acts 1:18-19
(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
1 Corinthians 3:11-14
For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 6:4-8
For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:11
But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,
Hebrews 10:38
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
2 Peter 2:19-22
Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
2 John 1:8
Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.