Luke 14:30

In 9 translations

BSB

saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

KJV

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

WEB

saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?

DRC

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

GNV

Saying, This man began to builde, and was not able to make an end?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

λέγοντες ὅτι Οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἐκτελέσαι.

RP2018

λέγοντες, ὅτι Οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἐκτελέσαι.

TR-Boyd

λέγοντες, ὅτι Οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἤρξατο οἰκοδομεῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἐκτελέσαι.

SCR1894

λεγοντες οτι ουτος ο ανθρωπος ηρξατο οικοδομειν και ουκ ισχυσεν εκτελεσαι

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 6:11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
• 2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
• Hebrews 6:4–8It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— and…
• 2 Peter 2:19–22They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and…
• Acts 1:18–19(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out. This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called…
• Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
• 1 Corinthians 3:11–14For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, his workmanship will be evident,…
• Matthew 27:3–8When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.…
• Matthew 7:27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

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