28'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?


In Context

25 And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

26 'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

27 and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

28 'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

29 lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

30 saying — This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Luke 14:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient] to finish [it? ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:28"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:28For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:28For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what is needed to complete it;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:28For which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he hath sufficient to finish it?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?