'Lays' in the Bible

He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

He brings down the high fortifications of your walls and lays them low; he will raze them to the ground, right down to the dust.

For he has made drunk the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low to the ground casting it down to the dust,

His radiance is like sunlight; beams of light shine from his hand, where his strength lays hidden.

A declaration: a message from the LORD to Israel. "The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who frames the spirit of man within himself, declares,

Otherwise, if he lays a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will begin to ridicule him

"I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.