Luke 14:31 - King James 2000

³¹ Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that 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?

Luke 14:31 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 20:11

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his armor boast himself as he that puts it off.

Job 41:8

Lay your hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

Proverbs 20:18

Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice wage war.

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Luke 14:30

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Luke 14:32

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation, and desires conditions of peace.