Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
KJV
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,
Parallel Translations
Lest that after he hath laide the foundation, and is not able to performe it, all that behold it, begin to mocke him,