Luke 14:30 — Compare 3 English translations

Luke 14:30 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →

λέγοντες légō G3004 to say ὅτι hóti G3754 that οὗτος hoûtos G3778 this ὁ ho G3588 the ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos G444 human being ἤρξατο árchomai G756 to lead οἰκοδομεῖν oikodoméō G3618 to build καὶ kaí G2532 and οὐκ ou G3756 not ἴσχυσεν ischýō G2480 to be strong ἐκτελέσαι ekteléō G1615 to finish

Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.

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World English Bible Public Domain

saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
King James Version Public Domain

Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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Luke 14:30 — compare English translations

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