Skip to main content

Luke 14:29

Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

KJV

ἵνα μήποτε θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν,

Greek NT

ne, posteaquam posuerit fundamentum, et non potuerit perficere, omnes qui vident, incipiant illudere ei,

Vulgate

Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,

ASV

Lest, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,

Douay-Rheims

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεμέλιος
themelios
noun · 16×
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μήποτε
mepote
adverb · 25×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τίθημι
tithemi
verb · 99×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐκτελέω
ekteleo
verb · 2×
ἐμπαίζω
empaizo
verb · 13×
ἰσχύω
ischuo
verb · 28×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν | RP: ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ
  • αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζεινSBLGNT
  • αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζεινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.