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The construction and use of roofs in ancient Israel and surrounding regions are mentioned in various passages throughout the Bible, providing insight into the daily life and customs of the people. Construction and Design Roofs in ancient Israel were typically flat and constructed using beams of wood overlaid with branches, reeds, and a layer of clay or mud to create a solid surface. This design is evident in several biblical accounts, such as in the account of the paralytic man in <a href="/mark/2-4.htm">Mark 2:4</a>, where the friends of the paralytic "made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it" to lower him down for healing. This passage illustrates the accessibility and the relatively simple construction of roofs during that period. Cultural and Social Uses The flat roofs served multiple purposes beyond merely covering a dwelling. They were often used as additional living space, a place for storage, and a location for various domestic activities. In <a href="/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25</a>, Samuel and Saul conversed on the roof, indicating its use as a place for private discussions and hospitality. Similarly, in <a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">Joshua 2:6</a>, Rahab hid the spies sent by Joshua "under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof," showing the roof's role in domestic work and storage. Roofs also held religious significance. In <a href="/2_kings/23-12.htm">2 Kings 23:12</a>, King Josiah destroyed the altars on the roofs of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which were used for idolatrous worship. This highlights the roof as a place where both legitimate and illegitimate religious practices occurred. Legal and Moral Considerations The Law of Moses included specific instructions regarding roofs, emphasizing the importance of safety and responsibility. <a href="/deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Deuteronomy 22:8</a> commands, "When you build a new house, you are to construct a parapet around your roof, so that you do not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from it." This law reflects the communal and moral obligations of homeowners to protect others from harm. Symbolic and Prophetic Imagery Roofs also appear in prophetic and symbolic contexts. In <a href="/isaiah/22.htm">Isaiah 22:1</a>, the "Valley of Vision" is described with people going up to the roofs in a time of distress, symbolizing a place of exposure and vulnerability. Similarly, in <a href="/matthew/10-27.htm">Matthew 10:27</a>, Jesus instructs His disciples, "What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops." Here, the roof symbolizes a platform for public proclamation and witness. Conclusion Throughout the Bible, roofs are depicted as integral parts of daily life, serving practical, social, and religious functions. They are places of refuge, conversation, and proclamation, reflecting the multifaceted role they played in the ancient world.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div>Roof[<a href="../h/house.htm">HOUSE</a>]<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div>RoofSee <a href="../h/house.htm">HOUSE</a>. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.2. (n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.3. (n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.4. (v. t.) To cover with a roof.5. (v. t.) To enclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>CHAMBER, ROOFSee <a href="../c/chamber.htm">CHAMBER</a>.ROOFroof. See <a href="../h/house.htm">HOUSE</a>.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4721.htm">4721. stege -- a roof</a> ... a roof. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: stege Phonetic Spelling: (steg'-ay) Short Definition: a flat roof of a house Definition: a flat roof of ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4721.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/5264.htm">5264. hupodechomai -- to receive under one's roof, to receive as a ...</a> ... to receive under one's roof, to receive as a guest. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hupodechomai Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-od-ekh'-om-ahee) Short ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5264.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1430.htm">1430. doma -- a house, a housetop</a> ... a housetop. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: doma Phonetic Spelling: (do'-mah) Short Definition: the top of the house Definition: the roof (of a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1430.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/648.htm">648. apostegazo -- to unroof</a> ... to unroof. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apostegazo Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-teg-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I unroof, take the roof off Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/648.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2766.htm">2766. keramos -- a tile</a> ... a tile. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: keramos Phonetic Spelling: (ker'-am-os) Short Definition: a tile, the roof Definition: a tile ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2766.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4722.htm">4722. stego -- to cover closely (so as to keep water out) ...</a> ... 4722 -- properly, to place under , to -over (with a roof); (figuratively) to because , ie bearing up (forbearing) because under (). Word Origin a prim. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4722.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/833.htm">833. aule -- a courtyard, a court</a> ... 833 -- a building with an ; an , area that is enclosed but without a roof; an open-air (interior) courtyard of a mansion or palace. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/833.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/5152.htm">5152. tristegon -- the third story</a> ... third story. Neuter of a compound of treis and stege as noun; a third roof (story) -- third loft. see GREEK treis. see GREEK stege. (tristegou) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5152.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2441.htm">2441. chek -- palate, roof of the mouth, gums</a> ... 2440, 2441. chek. 2442 . palate, roof of the mouth, gums. Transliteration: chek Phonetic Spelling: (khake) Short Definition: mouth. ... /hebrew/2441.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1406.htm">1406. gag -- a roof, a top</a> ... 1405, 1406. gag. 1407 . a roof, a top. Transliteration: gag Phonetic Spelling: (gawg) Short Definition: roof. Word Origin of uncertain ... /hebrew/1406.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5944.htm">5944. aliyyah -- a roof chamber</a> ... 5943, 5944. aliyyah. 5945 . a roof chamber. Transliteration: aliyyah Phonetic Spelling: (al-ee-yaw') Short Definition: chamber. ... /hebrew/5944.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5952.htm">5952. allith -- a roof chamber</a> allith or illi. 5951, 5952. allith or illi. 5953 . a roof chamber. Transliteration: allith or illi Phonetic Spelling: (al-leeth') Short Definition: chamber ... /hebrew/5952.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6672b.htm">6672b. tsohar -- probably roof</a> ... probably roof. Transliteration: tsohar Short Definition: window. Word Origin from the same as tsohar Definition probably roof NASB Word Usage window (1). ... /hebrew/6672b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2926.htm">2926. talal -- to cover over, roof</a> ... 2925, 2926. talal. 2927 . to cover over, roof. Transliteration: talal Phonetic Spelling: (taw-lal') Short Definition: covered. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/2926.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6982.htm">6982. qorah -- a rafter, beam</a> ... Definition: beam. Word Origin from qarah Definition a rafter, beam NASB Word Usage beam (2), beams (2), roof (1). beam, roof. Or qorah ... /hebrew/6982.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5603.htm">5603. saphan -- to cover, cover in, panel</a> ... A primitive root; to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve -- cieled, cover, seated ... /hebrew/5603.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7322.htm">7322. ruph -- tremble</a> ... 7321, 7322. ruph. 7323 . tremble. Transliteration: ruph Phonetic Spelling: (roof) Short Definition: tremble. Word Origin see raphaph. tremble ... /hebrew/7322.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7136.htm">7136. qarah -- to encounter, meet, befall</a> ... A primitive root; to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor) -- appoint, lay (make ... /hebrew/7136.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/chapter_xxxvi_description_of_the_walls.htm">Description of the Walls, Roof, Decoration, and Gilding of the ...</a> ... Book III. Chapter XXXVI."Description of the Walls, Roof, Decoration, and Gilding of the Body of the Church. For at the side opposite ... /.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxxvi description of the walls.htm<a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xii_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. viii. 8, "I am not Worthy that ...</a> ... On the words of the Gospel, Matt. viii. 8, "I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof," etc., and of the words of the apostle, 1 Cor. viii. ... /.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xii on the words.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/on_the_priesthood/homily_on_the_paralytic_let.htm">The Paralytic Let Down through the Roof.</a> ... homily on the paralytic let down through the roof. 1. Having lately come across the incident of the paralytic [700] who lay upon ... /.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily on the paralytic let.htm<a href="/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/chapter_xxxii_that_he_instructed_the.htm">That He Instructed the Governors Concerning the Beautifying of the ...</a> ... Book III. Chapter XXXII."That he instructed the Governors concerning the Beautifying of the Roof; also concerning Workmen, and Materials. ... /.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxxii that he instructed the.htm<a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_11_of_gog_and_magog.htm">Of Gog and Magog, who are to be Roused by the Devil to Persecute ...</a> ... The meaning of these names we find to be, Gog, "a roof," Magog, "from a roof,""a house, as it were, and he who comes out of the house. ... //christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 11 of gog and magog.htm<a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xxxv_jesus_heals_a_paralytic.htm">Jesus Heals a Paralytic at Capernaum.</a> ... in turn opens upon the court. In this porch there is usually a stairway leading to the roof. The roofs are invariably flat, and ... /.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xxxv jesus heals a paralytic.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_3_of_the_building.htm">Of the Building of this Temple</a> ... They erected its entire body, quite up to the roof, of white stone; its height was sixty cubits, and its length was the same, and its breadth twenty. ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 of the building.htm<a href="/library/unknown/the_gospel_of_pseudo-matthew/chapter_32_after_these_things.htm">After These Things, Joseph and Mary Departed Thence with Jesus ...</a> ... And on the first of the week, when Jesus was playing with the children on the roof of a certain house, it happened that one of the children pushed another down ... /.../unknown/the gospel of pseudo-matthew/chapter 32 after these things.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/christs_authority_to_forgive.htm">Christ's Authority to Forgive</a> ... unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.4. And when they could not come nigh unto Him for the press, they uncovered the roof where He ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/christs authority to forgive.htm<a href="/library/chadwick/the_gospel_of_st_mark/chapter_2_1-12_the_sick_of.htm">The Sick of the Palsy</a> ... And being unable to get to Him on account of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which ... /.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 2 1-12 the sick of.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/roof.htm">Roof (55 Occurrences)</a> ... In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. ... /r/roof.htm - 24k<a href="/topical/r/roof-chamber.htm">Roof-chamber</a> Roof-chamber. Roofchamber, Roof-chamber. Roofed . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ROOF-CHAMBER. See HOUSE. Roofchamber, Roof-chamber. Roofed . ... /r/roof-chamber.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/r/roofing.htm">Roofing (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roof. 2. (n.) The act of covering with a roof. 3. (n.) The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof. ... /r/roofing.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/p/parapet.htm">Parapet (3 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like. ... /p/parapet.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/f/fetch.htm">Fetch (45 Occurrences)</a> ... WL Walker. Multi-Version Concordance Fetch (45 Occurrences). Matthew 24:17 let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house; (WEY). ... /f/fetch.htm - 24k<a href="/topical/f/flax.htm">Flax (11 Occurrences)</a> ... plant: "The flax was in bloom" (the King James Version "bolled"; Exodus 9:31); (2) the "stalks of flax," literally, "flax of the tree," put on the roof to dry ... /f/flax.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/d/deck.htm">Deck (8 Occurrences)</a> ... decks. 5. (n.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 6. (n.) The roof of a passenger car. 7 ... /d/deck.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/p/pinnacle.htm">Pinnacle (2 Occurrences)</a> ... At the south-eastern corner the roof of this cloister was some 300 feet above the Kidron valley. The pinnacle, some parapet or wing ... /p/pinnacle.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/c/cell.htm">Cell (8 Occurrences)</a> ... convent. 3. (n.) Any small cavity, or hollow place. 4. (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. 5. (n.) Same as Cella. ... /c/cell.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/g/gateway.htm">Gateway (40 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Samuel 18:24 Now David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and ... /g/gateway.htm - 18k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/did-David-rape-Bathsheba.html">Did David rape Bathsheba? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/contentious-quarrelsome-woman.html">What does the Bible say about a contentious or quarrelsome woman? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/the-flesh.html">What is the flesh? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/roof.htm">Roof: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Roof (55 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/4-5.htm">Matthew 4:5</a> Then the Devil took Him to the Holy City and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple, (WEY)<a href="/matthew/8-8.htm">Matthew 8:8</a> The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/24-17.htm">Matthew 24:17</a> let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house; (WEY NIV)<a href="/mark/2-4.htm">Mark 2:4</a> When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/mark/13-15.htm">Mark 13:15</a> let him who is on the roof not come down and enter the house to fetch anything out of it; (WEY NIV)<a href="/luke/4-9.htm">Luke 4:9</a> Then he brought Him to Jerusalem and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple, and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down from here; for it is written, (WEY)<a href="/luke/5-19.htm">Luke 5:19</a> But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus. (WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/7-6.htm">Luke 7:6</a> Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/17-31.htm">Luke 17:31</a> "On that day, if a man is on the roof and his property indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back. (WEY BBE NIV)<a href="/acts/10-9.htm">Acts 10:9</a> Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon. (See NIV)<a href="/1_timothy/6-8.htm">1 Timothy 6:8</a> But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough. (BBE)<a href="/2_john/1-10.htm">2 John 1:10</a> If any one who comes to you does not bring this teaching, do not receive him under your roof nor bid him Farewell. (WEY)<a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Genesis 6:16</a> You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels. (WEB BBE RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/19-8.htm">Genesis 19:8</a> See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/35-11.htm">Exodus 35:11</a> the tabernacle, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; (WEB)<a href="/exodus/40-19.htm">Exodus 40:19</a> He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses. (WEB)<a href="/deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Deuteronomy 22:8</a> When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">Joshua 2:6</a> But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/2-8.htm">Joshua 2:8</a> Before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/3-20.htm">Judges 3:20</a> And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat. (DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Judges 3:23</a> Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them. (DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/3-24.htm">Judges 3:24</a> When he had gone, the servants came; and when they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, "He is only relieving himself in the closet of the cool chamber." (DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Judges 3:25</a> And they waited till they were utterly at a loss; but when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them; and there lay their lord dead on the floor. (DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/9-51.htm">Judges 9:51</a> But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/16-27.htm">Judges 16:27</a> Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson performed. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/9-25.htm">1 Samuel 9:25</a> And they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof. (DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">1 Samuel 9:26</a> And about dawn Samuel said to Saul on the roof, Get up so that I may send you away. So Saul got up, and he and Samuel went out together. (BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2</a> It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22</a> So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. (DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/18-24.htm">2 Samuel 18:24</a> Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">1 Kings 6:15</a> The walls of the house were covered inside with cedar-wood boards; from the floor to the roof of the house they were covered inside with wood; and the floor was covered with boards of cypress-wood. (BBE DBY)<a href="/1_kings/7-6.htm">1 Kings 7:6</a> And he made a covered room of pillars, fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, and ... with steps before it. (See NIV)<a href="/1_kings/7-7.htm">1 Kings 7:7</a> Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof. (BBE)<a href="/2_kings/4-10.htm">2 Kings 4:10</a> Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. (See JPS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">2 Kings 19:26</a> And their inhabitants 'are' feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn -- before it hath risen up! (Root in YLT NIV)<a href="/2_kings/23-12.htm">2 Kings 23:12</a> The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, and beat them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nehemiah/8-16.htm">Nehemiah 8:16</a> So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/29-10.htm">Job 29:10</a> The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalms 22:15</a> My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death. (WEB BBE NIV)<a href="/psalms/102-7.htm">Psalms 102:7</a> I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof. (YLT NIV)<a href="/psalms/129-6.htm">Psalms 129:6</a> They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth, (Root in YLT NIV)<a href="/psalms/137-6.htm">Psalms 137:6</a> Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; if I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/21-9.htm">Proverbs 21:9</a> Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than 'with' a woman of contentions and a house of company. (YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/proverbs/25-24.htm">Proverbs 25:24</a> Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than 'with' a woman of contentions, and a house of company. (YLT NAS NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/10-18.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:18</a> By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. (WEB ASV BBE RSV)<a href="/songs/7-9.htm">Song of Songs 7:9</a> And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. (KJV JPS BBE DBY WBS)<a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27</a> And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up. They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn, before it hath risen up. (Root in YLT NIV)<a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Lamentations 4:4</a> The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/3-26.htm">Ezekiel 3:26</a> and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/26-8.htm">Ezekiel 26:8</a> He shall kill your daughters in the field with the sword; and he shall make forts against you, and cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you. (See RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Ezekiel 40:13</a> He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/ezekiel/41-17.htm">Ezekiel 41:17</a> And there was a roof over the doorway and as far as the inner house, and to the outside and on the wall all round, inside and outside. (BBE)<a href="/daniel/4-29.htm">Daniel 4:29</a> At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of his great house in Babylon. (BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">Daniel 6:10</a> And Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed, went into his house; (now he had windows in his room on the roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem;) and three times a day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his God, as he had done before. (BBE NAS)<a href="/jonah/4-5.htm">Jonah 4:5</a> Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town. 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