Luke 14:32 “And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is…”

Luke 14:32

And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

World English Bible

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.

American Standard Version

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

Geneva Bible 1599

Or els while hee is yet a great way off, hee sendeth an ambassage, and desireth peace.

Darby Translation

and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.

Young's Literal Translation

and if not so — he being yet a long way off — having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

Bible in Basic English

Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

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Cross references

“and desireth”

Acts 12:20 Luke 12:58 1 Kings 20:31–34 Job 40:9 James 4:6–10 Matthew 5:25

Acts 12:20 · BSB

Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on th…

Luke 12:58 · BSB

Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you i…

1 Kings 20:31–34 · BSB

Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Pe…

Job 40:9 · BSB

Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

James 4:6–10 · BSB

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Matthew 5:25 · BSB

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

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