Luke 14:30 - The Scriptures 1998

saying, ‘This man began to build and was unable to finish.’

More versions

King 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.

Luke 14:30 Cross References

Matthew 7:27

and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.”

Luke 14:29

“Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation, and is unable to finish it, all who see it begin to mock him,

Luke 14:31

“Or what sovereign, going to fight against another sovereign, does not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Hebrews 10:38

“But the righteous shall live by belief, but if anyone draws back, my being has no pleasure in him.”

Hebrews 6:11

And we desire that each one of you show the same eagerness, to the entire confirmation of expectation until the end,

2 John 1:8

See to yourselves, that we do not lose what we worked for, but that we might receive a complete reward.