The Cost of Discipleship
Luke 14:29
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
- KJV
- Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
- WEB
- Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
- ASV
- Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,
- LSV
- Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
- YLT
- lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
- DBY
- in 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,
- DRC
- Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,
- GNV
- Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him,
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὐτῷ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἵνα μήποτε θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν
- RP2018
- Ἵνα μήποτε, θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι, πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ,
- TR-Boyd
- Ἵνα μήποτε, θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι, πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ,
- SCR1894
- ινα μηποτε θεντος αυτου θεμελιον και μη ισχυοντος εκτελεσαι παντες οι θεωρουντες αρξωνται εμπαιζειν αυτω
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