Luke 14:32 - The Scriptures 2009

³² “And if not, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² And if he cannot [do so], when the other king is still a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks the terms of peace.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

Common English Bible

³² And if he didn’t think he could win, he would send a representative to discuss terms of peace while his enemy was still a long way off.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him for terms of peace.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

Luke 14:32 Cross References

Job 40:9

Or do you have an arm like Ěl? Or do you thunder with a voice like His?

Matthew 5:25

Be well-minded with your opponent, promptly, while you are on the way with him, lest your opponent deliver you to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Matthew 5:42

“Give to him who asks of you, and from him who wishes to borrow from you, do not turn away.

Luke 12:58

“For, as you go with your opponent to a ruler, try hard along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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?”

Luke 14:33

So, then, every one of you who does not give up all that he has, is unable to be My taught one.

Luke 19:14

But his subjects were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, to say, ‘We do not wish this one to reign over us.’ ”

Acts 12:20

Now Herodes had been highly displeased with the people of Tsor and Tsiḏon, but with one mind they came to him, and having made Blastos the sovereign’s eunuch their friend, they were asking for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the sovereign’s country.