Luke 14:31 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 14:31 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 →
Ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
τίς
tís
G5101
who
βασιλεὺς
basileús
G935
king
πορευόμενος
poreúomai
G4198
to go
ἑτέρῳ
héteros
G2087
another
βασιλεῖ
basileús
G935
king
συμβαλεῖν
symbállō
G4820
to fight with
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
πόλεμον
pólemos
G4171
war
οὐχὶ
ouchí
G3780
not at all
καθίσας
kathízō
G2523
to settle
πρῶτον
prōton
G4412
first
βουλεύσεται
bouleúō
G1011
to deliberate
εἰ
ei
G1487
if
δυνατός
dynatós
G1415
mighty
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἐν
en
G1722
in
δέκα
déka
G1176
ten
χιλιάσιν
chiliás
G5505
thousand
ὑπαντῆσαι
hypantáō
G5221
to meet
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
μετὰ
metá
G3326
with
εἴκοσι
eíkosi
G1501
twenty
χιλιάδων
chiliás
G5505
thousand
ἐρχομένῳ
érchomai
G2064
to come
ἐπ’
epí
G1909
upon
αὐτόν
autós
G846
he
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World English Bible Public Domain
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?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Or what king, going to fight with another king in war, will not sit down first determine whether he is able with 10,000 to meet the one coming against him with 20,000?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).