Luke 14:30

George Lamsa Translation

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

King James Version (1611)
Saying, This man beganne to build, and was not able to finish.

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

English Standard Version
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

New American Standard Bible
saying, 'This person began to build, and was not able to finish!'

New Century Version
saying, ‘This person began to build but was not able to finish.'

Amplified Bible
saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

Legacy Standard Bible
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

Berean Standard Bible
saying, 'This man could not finish what he started to build.'

Contemporary English Version
They will say, "You started building, but could not finish the job."

Complete Jewish Bible
and say, ‘This is the man who began to build, but couldn't finish!'

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

Easy-to-Read Version
They would say, ‘This man began to build, but he was not able to finish.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, This man began to builde, and was not able to make an end?

Good News Translation
‘You began to build but can't finish the job!' they will say.

Lexham English Bible
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

Literal Translation
saying, This man began to build, and did not have strength to finish.

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

Bible in Basic English
And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

Hebrew Names Version
saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'

International Standard Version
and say, 'This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'

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

Murdock Translation
and say: This man began to build, and was unable to finish.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: this man began to buylde, and was not able to make an ende?

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

World English Bible
saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Weymouth's New Testament
saying, `This man began to build, but could not finish.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and myyte not make an ende.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

New English Translation
They will say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

New King James Version
saying, "This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

New Living Translation
They would say, ‘There's the person who started that building and couldn't afford to finish it!'

New Life Bible
They would say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

New Revised Standard
saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
saying - This man, began to build, and was not able to finish!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: This man began to build and was not able to finish.

Revised Standard Version
saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge: this man beganne to bilde and was not able to make an ende.

Young's Literal Translation
saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& to saye: This man beganne to buylde, and is not able to perfurme it.

Mace New Testament (1729)
this man, will they say, began to build, but wanted stock to finish.

Simplified Cowboy Version
They would say, 'There goes that greenhorn who doesn't know cows from caterpillars!'

Contextual Overview

²⁵ And while many people were going with him, he turned and said to them, ²⁶ He who comes to me and does not put aside his father, and his mother, and his brothers, and his sisters, and his wife, and his children, and even his own life, he cannot be a disciple to me. ²⁷ And he who does not take up his cross and follow me, cannot be a disciple to me. ²⁸ For which of you, who wishes to build a tower, does not at first sit down and consider its cost, to see if he has enough to finish it? ²⁹ Lest after he has laid the foundation, he is not able to finish it, and all who see it will mock him, ³⁰ Saying, This man began to build, but he was not able to finish. ³¹ Or which king, who goes to war to fight against a king equal to him, would not at first reason, whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand? ³² And if not, while he is far away from him, sends envoys and seeks peace. ³³ So every man of you, who would not leave all his possessions, cannot be a disciple to me. ³⁴ Salt is good; but if the salt lose its savor, with what can it be salted?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 7:27, Matthew 27:3-8, Acts 1:18, Acts 1:19, 1 Corinthians 3:11-14, Hebrews 6:4-8, Hebrews 6:11, Hebrews 10:38, 2 Peter 2:19-22, 2 John 1:8

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:3 - I am doing Matthew 27:40 - that destroyest

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, this man began to build,.... He set out well, he promised great things, and made a considerable bluster and stir, as if he would carry things at once to a very high pitch:

and was not able to finish; it was all noise and talk, and nothing else: falling off from a profession of religion, exposes men to contempt and scorn; such are not only cast out of churches with disgrace, but are despised by men, by wicked men; and are a reproach, a proverb, and a taunt in all places; and even are mocked by devils too.