Luke 14:31

Ἢ τίς βασιλεὺς πορευόμενος συμβαλεῖν ἑτέρῳ βασιλεῖ εἰς πόλεμον οὐχὶ καθίσας πρῶτον βουλεύεται εἰ δυνατός ἐστιν ἐν δέκα χιλιάσιν ἀπαντῆσαι τῷ μετὰ εἴκοσι χιλιάδων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν;

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 2228; Ē; Ἢ; Or; Conj

Strongs 5101; tis; τίς; who; IPro-NMS

Strongs 935; basileus; βασιλεὺς; king; N-NMS

Strongs 4198; poreuomenos; πορευόμενος; he who was leading across; V-PPM/P-NMS

Strongs 2087; heterō; ἑτέρῳ; another [place]; Adj-DMS

Strongs 935; basilei; βασιλεῖ; to king; N-DMS

Strongs 4820; symbalein; συμβαλεῖν; to engage; V-ANA

Strongs 1519; eis; εἰς; into; Prep

Strongs 4171; polemon; πόλεμον; war; N-AMS

Strongs 3780; ouchi; οὐχὶ; [if] not; IntPrtcl

Strongs 2523; kathisas; καθίσας; he who has set [Him]; V-APA-NMS

Strongs 4412; prōton; πρῶτον; first; Adv-S

Strongs 1011; bouleusetai; βουλεύσεται; will take counsel; V-FIM-3S

Strongs 1487; ei; εἰ; if; Conj

Strongs 1415; dynatos; δυνατός; mighty; Adj-NMS

Strongs 1510; estin; ἐστιν; he is; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 1722; en; ἐν; within; Prep

Strongs 1176; deka; δέκα; ten; Adj-DFP

Strongs 5505; chiliasin; χιλιάσιν; thousand; N-DFP

Strongs 5221; hypantēsai; ὑπαντῆσαι; met; V-ANA

Strongs 3588; tō; τῷ; the; Art-DMS

Strongs 3326; meta; μετὰ; in company with/after; Prep

Strongs 1501; eikosi; εἴκοσι; twenty; Adj-GFP

Strongs 5505; chiliadōn; χιλιάδων; thousand; N-GFP

Strongs 2064; erchomenō; ἐρχομένῳ; that which is being approached; V-PPM/P-DMS

Strongs 1909; ep’; ἐπ’; upon; Prep

Strongs 846; auton; αὐτόν; himself; PPro-AM3S

RBT Hebrew Literal:

συμβάλλω - throw together, join, unite

Or what king, he who is leading across to another king to join together into a war, he who has set down, will not first take counsel whether he is powerful within Ten Thousand to meet in company with Twenty Thousand the one who is coming against himself?⁵⁶

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Or what king, going to fight with another king in war, not, having sat down first, consults, if he be able with ten thousand to meet him coming with twenty thousand against him?

LITV Translation:
Or what king going to attack another king in war does not first sit down and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet those coming upon him with twenty thousands?

ESV Translation:
Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Footnotes

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The order of the words requires careful examination of the cues—the datives, the participles, prepositions, and the genitives to sort out the right order.

Two kings unite, effectively doubling ten thousand to twenty thousand, to fight against the one coming against him. In particular, the words μετὰ "in company with" and ἐπ’ "against" are significant prepositions in the context of war. μετὰ "with" lacks any real force in terms of "fighting with" as one might say in modern idiom, where "with" is taken as the same as "against." But regardless, the sense is all but demolished by the explicit use of ἐπ’ "against/upon" in the very same verse.