Luke 14:29 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁹ For if he does not, maybe after he has laid the foundation and [then] is not able to complete [the tower], everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to complete [the building], all who see it will begin to mock and jeer at him,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

Common English Bible

²⁹ Otherwise, when you have laid the foundation but couldn’t finish the tower, all who see it will begin to belittle you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,

Luke 14:29 Cross References

Matthew 27:40

saying, “You who [said you] would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself [from dying]; if you [really] are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Luke 14:28

For which one of you who wants to build a [lookout] tower will not first sit down and calculate its cost, to see whether he has enough [money and materiel] to complete it?

Luke 14:30

saying, ‘This man began to build [a tower] but was not able to finish it.’

Ephesians 6:11

You people should put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to withstand the devil’s schemes.