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


In Context

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.

31 'Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

Luke 14:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish [it,] all that behold [it] begin to mock him,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:29For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:29in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:29Lest perhaps after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:29Lest haply, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,