Luke 14:29 - Compare All Versions

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For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him

Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you.

Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to ridicule him

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

lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him

“Is there anyone here who, planning to build a new house, doesn’t first sit down and figure the cost so you’ll know if you can complete it? If you only get the foundation laid and then run out of money, you’re going to look pretty foolish. Everyone passing by will poke fun at you: ‘He started something he couldn’t finish.’

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who are watching it will begin to ridicule him

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is unable to finish [the building], all who see it will begin to ridicule him

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.