Luke 14:31
29 Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
30 saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- KJV
- Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
- WEB
- Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
- ASV
- Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
- DARBY
- Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?
- BLB
- Or what king proceeding to engage with another king in war will not, having sat down, first take counsel, whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
- ÅB
- Eller hvilken konge som drar ut for å møte en annen konge i strid, setter seg ikke først ned og rådslår om han med ti tusen er i stand til å møte den som kommer imot ham med tyve tusen?
- OTB
- Eller anta at en konge er i ferd med å gå til krig mot en annen konge. Vil han ikke først sette seg ned og vurdere om han er i stand til med ti tusen menn å møte den som kommer mot ham med tjue tusen?
- B1930
- Eller hvilken konge som drar ut for å møte en annen konge i strid, setter sig ikke først ned og rådslår om han med ti tusen er i stand til å møte den som kommer imot ham med tyve tusen?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:18
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
Read in contextProverbs 25:8
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Read in context1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
Read in context2 Kings 18:20–22
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
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