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Acts 17:24
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KJ21
God who made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of Heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.
ASV
The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
AMP
The God who created the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
AMPC
The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.
BRG
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
CSB
The God who made the world and everything in it—he is Lord of heaven and earth—does not live in shrines made by hands.
CSBA
The God who made the world and everything in it – he is Lord of heaven and earth – does not live in shrines made by hands.
CEB
God, who made the world and everything in it, is Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in temples made with human hands.
CJB
“The God who made the universe and everything in it, and who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in man-made temples;
CEV
This God made the world and everything in it. He is Lord of heaven and earth, and he doesn't live in temples built by human hands.
DARBY
The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
DLNT
God, the One having made the world and all the things in it— this One, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made-by-human-hands.
DRA
God, who made the world, and all things therein; he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
ERV
“He is the God who made the whole world and everything in it. He is the Lord of the land and the sky. He does not live in temples built by human hands.
EASY
The true God made the earth and everything that is in it. He rules everything in the earth and in heaven. He does not live in any buildings that people have made for him.
EHV
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made with hands.
ESV
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,
ESVUK
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,
EXB
The God who made the whole world and everything in it [Deut. 4:39; Ps. 146:6] is the Lord of the ·sky and the land [or heaven and earth]. He does not live in ·temples [shrines] built by human hands.
GNV
God that made the world, and all things that are therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.
GW
The God who made the universe and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in shrines made by humans,
GNT
God, who made the world and everything in it, is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
HCSB
The God who made the world and everything in it—He is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in shrines made by hands.
ICB
He is the God who made the whole world and everything in it. He is the Lord of the land and the sky. He does not live in temples that men build!
ISV
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in shrines made by human hands,
PHILLIPS
So Paul got to his feet in the middle of their council, and began, “Gentlemen of Athens, my own eyes tell me that you are in all respects an extremely religious people. For as I made my way here and looked at your shrines I noticed one altar (one of a number in Athens) on which were inscribed the words, TO GOD THE UNKNOWN. It is this God whom you are worshipping in ignorance that I am here to proclaim to you! God who made the world and all that is in it, being Lord of both Heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands, nor is he ministered to by human hands, as though he had need of anything—seeing that he is the one who gives to all men life and breath and everything else. From one forefather he has created every race of men to live over the face of the whole earth. He has determined the times of their existence and the limits of their habitation, so that they might search for God, in the hope that they might feel for him and find him—yes, even though he is not far from any one of us. Indeed, it is in him that we live and move and have our being. Some of your own poets have endorsed this in the words, ‘For we are indeed his children’. If then we are the children of God, we ought not to imagine God in terms of gold or silver or stone, contrived by human art or imagination. Now while it is true that God has overlooked the days of ignorance he now commands all men everywhere to repent (because of the gift of his son Jesus). For he has fixed a day on which he will judge the whole world in justice by the standard of a man whom he has appointed. That this is so he has guaranteed to all men by raising this man from the dead.”
JUB
The God that made the world and all the things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
KJV
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
AKJV
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
LSB
The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
LEB
the God who made the world and all the things in it. This one, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,
TLB
“He made the world and everything in it, and since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples;
MSG
“The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn’t live in custom-made shrines or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn’t take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don’t make him. Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn’t play hide-and-seek with us. He’s not remote; he’s near. We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’ Well, if we are the God-created, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to think we could hire a sculptor to chisel a god out of stone for us, does it?
MEV
“God who made the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands.
MOUNCE
The God who made the world and everything · in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,
NOG
The God who made the universe and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in shrines made by humans,
NABRE
The God who made the world and all that is in it, the Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands,
NASB
The God who made the world and everything that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands;
NASB1995
The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
NCB
“The God who made the world and everything in it, the Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in shrines made by human hands.
NCV
The God who made the whole world and everything in it is the Lord of the land and the sky. He does not live in temples built by human hands.
NET
The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,
NIRV
“He is the God who made the world. He also made everything in it. He is the Lord of heaven and earth. He doesn’t live in temples built by human hands.
NIV
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.
NIVUK
‘The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.
NKJV
God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
NLV
“The God Who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in buildings made by hands.
NLT
“He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples,
NMB
God, who made the world and everything that is in it, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands.
NRSVA
The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,
NRSVACE
The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,
NRSVCE
The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,
NRSVUE
The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,
NTFE
The God who made the world and everything in it, the one who is Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t live in temples made by human hands.
OJB
"Hashem, the One having made HaOlam and all the things in it, this One being Adon HaShomayim vaHaAretz, does not dwell in temples made by human hands. [Isa 42:5 Dt 10:14; Isa 66:1; 1Kgs 8:27]
RGT
“God - Who made the world and all things that therein are - seeing that He is Lord of Heaven and Earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
RSV
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,
RSVCE
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,
TLV
The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands.
VOICE
This is the God who made the universe and all it contains, the God who is the King of all heaven and all earth. It would be illogical to assume that a God of this magnitude could possibly be contained in any man-made structure, no matter how majestic.
WEB
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
WE
He made the world and everything in it. He is the Lord of the sky and the earth. He does not live in houses that people make with their hands.
WYC
God that made the world and all things that be in it, this, for he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hand [made by hand],
YLT
`God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,
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