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OET (OET-RV) Otherwise you might lay the foundation and not be able to finish it. Then everyone watching might begin to mock
OET-LV In_order_that lest having_laid a_foundation of_it and not being_able to_finish it, all which observing it may_begin to_be_mocking at_him
SR-GNT Ἵνα μήποτε θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι, πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν ‡
(Hina maʸpote thentos autou themelion kai maʸ isⱪuontos ektelesai, pantes hoi theōrountes arxōntai autōi empaizein)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Otherwise, he having laid a foundation and not being able to finish, all who see it will begin to mock him,
UST Otherwise, if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish the rest of the tower, everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
BSB Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
BLB Otherwise, he having laid its foundation and not being able to finish, all seeing it may begin to mock him,
AICNT Lest ever, {after he has}[fn] laid the foundation {and is not able to finish,}[fn] all who see it {begin to mock him,[fn]
14:29, after he has: Some manuscripts read “having.” Latin(a b e ff2 i)
14:29, and is not able to finish: Some manuscripts read “He was not able to build and.” D(05) Latin(e)
14:29-30, beginning to mock him, saying that: Some manuscripts read “will be about to say.” D(05) Latin(a b e ff2 i)
OEB Otherwise, if you have laid the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will laugh at you,
WEB Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
NET Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.
LSV Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
FBV Otherwise, if after laying the foundation you weren't able to finish it, everyone who saw it would laugh at you, saying,
TCNT Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all who are looking on will begin to mock him,
T4T If you did not do that, if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish the rest of the tower, everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
LEB Otherwise[fn]after[fn] he has laid the foundation and is not able to finishit,[fn] all who seeit[fn] will begin to ridicule him,
?:? Literally “so that lest”
?:? *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“has laid”)
?:? *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
?:? *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
BBE For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,
MOF No MOF LUKE book available
ASV Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,
DRA Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,
YLT lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
DBY in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,
RV Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,
WBS Lest perhaps after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it , all that behold it begin to mock him,
KJB Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
( Lest happily, after he hath/has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, )
BB Lest after he hath layde the foundation, and is not able to perfourme it, all that beholde it, begyn to mocke hym,
(Lest after he hath/has laid the foundation, and is not able to perform it, all that behold it, begyn to mocke him,)
GNV Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him,
(Lest that after he hath/has laide the foundation, and is not able to perform it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him, )
CB lest after he hath layed the foundacio, and is not able to perfourme it, all they that se it, begynne to laugh him to scorne,
(lest after he hath/has laid the foundacio, and is not able to perform it, all they that see it, begynne to laugh him to scorne,)
TNT lest after he hath layde the foundacion and is not able to performe it all that beholde it beginne to mocke him
(lest after he hath/has laid the foundacion and is not able to perform it all that behold it beginne to mocke him )
WYC Lest aftir that he hath set the foundement, and mowe not perfourme, alle that seen, bigynnen to scorne hym, and seie, For this man bigan to bilde,
(Lest after that he hath/has set the foundement, and more not perfourme, all that seen, bigynnen to scorne him, and say, For this man began to bilde,)
LUT auf daß nicht, wo er den Grund gelegt hat und kann‘s nicht hinausführen, alle, die es sehen, fangen an sein zu spotten
(auf that not, wo he the Grund gelegt has and kann‘s not hinausführen, all, the it see, fangen at his to spotten)
CLV ne, posteaquam posuerit fundamentum, et non potuerit perficere, omnes qui vident, incipiant illudere ei,[fn]
(ne, posteaquam posuerit fundamentum, and not/no potuerit perficere, everyone who vident, incipiant illudere ei,)
14.29 Omnes qui vident. Sicut ait Apostolus: Facti sumus spectaculum mundo, angelis et hominibus II Cor. 4.. Et in omni quod agimus, considerare occultos adversarios debemus, qui nostris operibus insidiantur, et nisi contra eos vigilemus, patimur irrisores quos habemus ad malum suasores.
14.29 Omnes who vident. Sicut he_said Apostolus: Facti sumus spectaculum mundo, angelis and hominibus II Cor. 4.. And in all that agimus, considerare occultos adversarios debemus, who nostris operibus insidiantur, and nisi contra them vigilemus, patimur irrisores which habemus to malum suasores.
UGNT ἵνα μήποτε θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι, πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν
(hina maʸpote thentos autou themelion kai maʸ isⱪuontos ektelesai, pantes hoi theōrountes arxōntai autōi empaizein)
SBL-GNT ἵνα μήποτε θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται ⸂αὐτῷ ἐμπαίζειν⸃
(hina maʸpote thentos autou themelion kai maʸ isⱪuontos ektelesai pantes hoi theōrountes arxōntai ⸂autōi empaizein⸃ )
TC-GNT Ἵνα μήποτε, θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον καὶ μὴ [fn]ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι, πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες ἄρξωνται [fn]ἐμπαίζειν αὐτῷ,
(Hina maʸpote, thentos autou themelion kai maʸ isⱪuontos ektelesai, pantes hoi theōrountes arxōntai empaizein autōi,)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
14:25-35 A large crowd was following Jesus: Jesus’ popularity was high, but he was about to teach that the cost of following him was also very high.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἵνα μήποτε
in_order_that lest
If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express the implicit meaning here. Alternate translation: “If he does not first calculate the cost”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
θέντος αὐτοῦ θεμέλιον
/having/_laid ˱of˲_it /a/_foundation
See how you translated the word foundation in 6:48. Alternate translation: “once he has built a base” or “once he has completed the lower part of the building”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι
and not being_able /to/_finish_‹it›
The implication is that this person was not able to finish the building because he did not have enough money. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “but does not have enough money to finish the whole building”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες
all ¬which observing_‹it›
This is a generalization that describes what the common reaction would be. Alternate translation: “those who see it”