32If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.


In Context

29 For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

30 saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'

31 "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.

33 In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.

34 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?

Luke 14:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:32Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:32and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an embassy, and desireth conditions of peace.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:32and if not so — he being yet a long way off — having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassador, and desires conditions of peace.