and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Luke 14:30 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Saying, This man began to build and was not able (worth enough) to finish. American Standard Version (1901) saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Common English Bible They will say, ‘Here’s the person who began construction and couldn’t complete it!’ Catholic Public Domain Version saying: 'This man began to build what he was not able to finish.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish. |
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.