Luke 14:31 - The Scriptures 2009

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?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Or what king, going out to engage in conflict with another king, will not first sit down and consider and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand [men] to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Common English Bible

³¹ Or what king would go to war against another king without first sitting down to consider whether his ten thousand soldiers could go up against the twenty thousand coming against him?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?

Luke 14:31 Cross References

1 Kings 20:11

And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl answered and said, “Speak, ‘Him who girds on his armour should not boast like him who lays it down.’ ”

Job 41:8

Put your hand on him – think of the struggle! Do not do it again!

Proverbs 20:18

By counsel plans are established; And by wise guidance wage a battle.

Proverbs 25:8

Do not go forth to strive in haste, For what would you do in the end, When your neighbour has put you to shame?

Luke 14:30

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

Luke 14:32

“And if not, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.