Other translations
American Standard Version
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And they say, 'This man began to build and could not finish?”
Darby Bible Translation
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
God's Word
They'll say, 'This person started to build but couldn't finish the job.'
Holman Christian Standard Bible
saying, This man started to build and wasn't able to finish.'
International Standard Version
and say, 'This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'
NET Bible
They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'
New American Standard Bible
saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
New International Version
saying, 'This person began to build and wasn't able to finish.'
New Living Translation
They would say, 'There's the person who started that building and couldn't afford to finish it!'
Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Weymouth New Testament
saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'
The World English Bible
saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
EasyEnglish Bible
“That man is a fool. He started to build, but he could not finish the work.” ’
Young‘s Literal Translation
saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
New Life Version
They would say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
Revised Geneva Translation
“saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
The Voice Bible
“Look at that guy who started something that he couldn’t finish!”
Living Bible
“‘See that fellow there?’ they would mock. ‘He started that building and ran out of money before it was finished!’
New Catholic Bible
‘There goes the man who started to build but was unable to complete the work.’
Legacy Standard Bible
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
Jubilee Bible 2000
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Christian Standard Bible
saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
Amplified Bible © 1954
Saying, This man began to build and was not able (worth enough) to finish.
New Century Version
saying, ‘This person began to build but was not able to finish.’
The Message
“Is there anyone here who, planning to build a new house, doesn’t first sit down and figure the cost so you’ll know if you can complete it? If you only get the foundation laid and then run out of money, you’re going to look pretty foolish. Everyone passing by will poke fun at you: ‘He started something he couldn’t finish.’
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
saying, ‘This fellow began to build, but was not able to finish.’
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
saying, ‘This · man began to build and was not able to complete.’
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’
New Matthew Bible
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish it.
Good News Translation®
‘You began to build but can't finish the job!’ they will say.
Wycliffe Bible
and say [saying], For this man began to build, and might not make an end.
New Testament for Everyone
‘Here’s a fellow,’ they’ll say, ‘who began to build but couldn’t finish!’
Contemporary English Version
They will say, “You started building, but could not finish the job.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
saying, ‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’
J.B. Phillips New Testament
“If any of you wanted to build a tower, wouldn’t he first sit down and work out the cost of it, to see if he can afford to finish it? Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and found himself unable to complete the building, everyone who sees it will begin to jeer at him, saying, ‘This is the man who started to build a tower but couldn’t finish it!’
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
saying, “This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.”
Common English Bible © 2011
They will say, ‘Here’s the person who began construction and couldn’t complete it!’
Amplified Bible © 2015
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
English Standard Version Anglicised
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’
New American Standard Bible
saying, ‘This person began to build, and was not able to finish!’
The Expanded Bible
saying, ‘This person began to build but was not able to finish.’
Tree of Life Version
saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish!’
Revised Standard Version
saying, ‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’
New International Reader's Version
They will say, ‘This person started to build but wasn’t able to finish.’
BRG Bible
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Complete Jewish Bible
and say, ‘This is the man who began to build, but couldn’t finish!’
Worldwide English (New Testament)
They will say, "This man started to build a house and could not finish it."
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
saying, “This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.”
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
Names of God Bible
They’ll say, ‘This person started to build but couldn’t finish the job.’
Modern English Version
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to complete it.’
Easy-to-Read Version
They would say, ‘This man began to build, but he was not able to finish.’
International Children’s Bible
They would say, ‘This man began to build but was not able to finish!’
Lexham English Bible
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
New International Version - UK
saying, “This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.”
Disciples Literal New Testament
saying that ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish it out!’