Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

New American Standard Bible

Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.

King James Version

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Holman Bible

A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.

International Standard Version

Anyone who's on the housetop must not come down to get what is in his house,

A Conservative Version

Let the man on the housetop not go down to take things from his house.

American Standard Version

let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:

Amplified

Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house [because there will not be enough time].

An Understandable Version

[Also], the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside], is not to take any of the belongings from his house as he comes down [to flee].

Anderson New Testament

let not him that is on the house-top come down to take his goods out of his house;

Common New Testament

Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

Daniel Mace New Testament

he that is on the battlements, let him not venture to go in to take any thing out of his house.

Darby Translation

let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;

Godbey New Testament

and let him who is on the housetop not come down to take things out of his house:

Goodspeed New Testament

a man on the roof of his house must not go down to get things out of it,

John Wesley New Testament

come down to take any thing out of his house:

Julia Smith Translation

He upon the house-tops, let him not come down to take away anything out of his house:

King James 2000

Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house:

Lexham Expanded Bible

The one who is on his housetop must not come down to take things out of his house,

Modern King James verseion

Let him on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And let him which is on the housetop, not come down to fetch anything out of his house.

Moffatt New Testament

a man on the housetop must not go down to fetch what is inside his house,

Montgomery New Testament

let him who is upon the housetop not go down to get the things in his house,

NET Bible

The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,

New Heart English Bible

Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

Noyes New Testament

let not him that is on the housetop go down to take away the things belonging to his house;

Sawyer New Testament

Let not him that is on his house come down to take the things from his house;

The Emphasized Bible

And, he that is on the house-top, let him not come down, to take away the things out of his house;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Let not him who is upon the roof go down to take any thing out of his house.

Twentieth Century New Testament

and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;

Webster

Let him who is on the house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Weymouth New Testament

let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house;

Williams New Testament

let him who is on the roof of his house not come down to get his household goods out;

World English Bible

Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

Worrell New Testament

let him who is on the house-top not go down to take away the things out of his house;

Worsley New Testament

to take any thing out of his house;

Youngs Literal Translation

he on the house-top -- let him not come down to take up any thing out of his house;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
καταβαίνω 
Katabaino 
Usage: 63

which is

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

on
ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

the housetop
δῶμα 
Doma 
Usage: 2

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

καταβαίνω 
Katabaino 
Usage: 63

to take
αἴρω 
Airo 
take up, take away, take, away with, lift up, bear,
Usage: 52

out of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

his

Usage: 0

Context Readings

The Abomination Of Desolation

16 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains: 17 Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house: 18 And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.


Cross References

Matthew 10:27

What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

Deuteronomy 22:8

If you are building a house, make a railing for the roof, so that the blood of any man falling from it will not come on your house.

1 Samuel 9:25

And when they had come down from the high place into the town, where a bed was made ready for Saul, he went to rest.

Proverbs 6:4-5

Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

Matthew 6:25

So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

Mark 13:15-16

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

Luke 5:19

And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

Luke 12:3

So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.

Luke 17:31-33

On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

Acts 10:9

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

Job 2:4

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

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