Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

and say, "This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

An Understandable Version

saying, 'This man began to build [a tower] but was not able to finish it.'

Anderson New Testament

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.

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

this man, will they say, began to build, but wanted stock to finish.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

saying, that this man began to build, and was not able to complete it.

Goodspeed New Testament

and say, 'This man started to erect a building, and could not finish it!'

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to make an end.'

Moffatt New Testament

saying, 'This fellow started to build but he could not finish it.'

Montgomery New Testament

"'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

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

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

And say 'Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!'

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'

Williams New Testament

and say, 'This fellow started to erect a building but could not complete it!'

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

all that see it, should deride him, saying, this man began to build and was not able to finish.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

ἄρχομαι 
Archomai 
Usage: 69

to build
οἰκοδομέω 
Oikodomeo 
Usage: 22

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

was
ἰσχύω 
Ischuo 
can , be able, avail, prevail, be whole, cannot , can do, may,
Usage: 19

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ἰσχύω 
Ischuo 
can , be able, avail, prevail, be whole, cannot , can do, may,
Usage: 19

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Context Readings

The Cost Of Discipleship

29 Otherwise, if he lays a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will begin to ridicule him 30 and say, "This person started a building but couldn't finish it.' 31 "Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?


Cross References

Matthew 7:27

The rain fell, the floods came, the winds blew and battered that house, and it collapsed and its collapse was total."

Matthew 27:3-8

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

Acts 1:18-19

(Now this man bought a field with the money he got for his crime. Falling on his face, he burst open in the middle, and all his intestines gushed out.

1 Corinthians 3:11-14

After all, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is already laid, and that is Jesus the Messiah.

Hebrews 6:4-8

For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become partners with the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 6:11

But we want each of you to continue to be diligent to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope.

Hebrews 10:38

but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."

2 Peter 2:19-22

Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.

2 John 1:8

See to it that you don't destroy what we have worked for, but that you receive your full reward.

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