Mark 13:15
New International Version
Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.

New Living Translation
A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.

English Standard Version
Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,

Berean Standard Bible
Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

Berean Literal Bible
and the one upon the housetop, let him not come down nor go in to take anything out of his house;

King James Bible
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

New King James Version
Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

New American Standard Bible
Whoever is on the housetop must not go down, nor go in to get anything out of his house.

NASB 1995
“The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

NASB 1977
“And let him who is on the housetop not go down, or enter in, to get anything out of his house;

Legacy Standard Bible
And the one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

Amplified Bible
Whoever is on the housetop must not go down [to enter the house], or go inside to take anything out of his house;

Christian Standard Bible
A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house.

American Standard Version
and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Whoever is on the rooftop should not come down and should not enter to take anything from his house.”

Contemporary English Version
If you are on the roof of your house, don't go inside to get anything.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let him that is on the housetop, not go down into the house, nor enter therein to take any thing out of the house:

English Revised Version
and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Those who are on the roof should not come down to get anything out of their houses.

Good News Translation
Someone who is on the roof of a house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take along.

International Standard Version
The one who is on his housetop must not come down and go into his house to take anything out of it,

Literal Standard Version
and he on the housetop, do not let him come down into the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

Majority Standard Bible
Let no one on the housetop go back inside the house to retrieve anything from his house.

New American Bible
[and] a person on a housetop must not go down or enter to get anything out of his house,

NET Bible
The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

New Revised Standard Version
the one on the housetop must not go down or enter the house to take anything away;

New Heart English Bible
and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

Webster's Bible Translation
And let him that is on the house-top not go down into the house, neither enter it, to take any thing out of his house:

Weymouth New Testament
let him who is on the roof not come down and enter the house to fetch anything out of it;

World English Bible
and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

Young's Literal Translation
and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Abomination of Desolation
14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house. 16And let no one in the field return for his cloak.…

Cross References
Matthew 24:17
Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

Mark 13:16
And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Luke 17:31
On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.


Treasury of Scripture

And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

Genesis 19:15-17,22,26
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city…

Job 2:4
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Proverbs 6:4,5
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids…

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Mark 13
1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;
9. the persecutions for the gospel;
10. that the gospel must be preached to all nations;
14. that great calamities shall happen to the Jews;
24. and the manner of his coming to judgment;
32. the hour whereof being known to none, every man is to watch and pray














Verse 15. - Let him that is on the house-top (ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος) not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. The roofs of the houses were flat, with frequently a little "dome" (δῶμα) in the center. The people lived very much upon them; and the stairs were outside, so that a person wishing to enter the house must first descend by these outer stairs. The words, therefore, mean that he must flee suddenly, if he would save his life, even though he might lose his goods, he must escape, perhaps by crossing over the parapet of his own housetop, and so from house-top to house-top, until he could find a convenient point for flight into the hill country.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
{Let}
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[no one]
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

housetop
δώματος (dōmatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 1430: The roof (of a house), the top of the house. From demo; properly, an edifice, i.e. a roof.

go back inside
καταβάτω (katabatō)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.

to retrieve
ἆραι (arai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 142: To raise, lift up, take away, remove.

anything
τι (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

house.
οἰκίας (oikias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3614: From oikos; properly, residence, but usually an abode; by implication, a family.


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