Acts 7:48

In 9 translations

BSB

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

KJV

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

WEB

However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

ASV

Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet,

LSV

But the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, according as the prophet says:

YLT

'But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

DBY

But the Most High dwells not in [places] made with hands; as says the prophet,

DRC

Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:

GNV

Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with handes, as saith the Prophet,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν χειροποιήτοις κατοικεῖ· καθὼς ὁ προφήτης λέγει·

RP2018

Ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ, καθὼς ὁ προφήτης λέγει,

TR-Boyd

Ἀλλ᾿ οὐχ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ, καθὼς ὁ προφήτης λέγει,

SCR1894

αλλ ουχ ο υψιστος εν χειροποιητοις ναοις κατοικει καθως ο προφητης λεγει

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• Acts 17:24–25The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives…
• Isaiah 66:1–2This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be? Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into…
• 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
• 2 Chronicles 2:5–6The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should…
• 2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
• Psalms 91:9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
• Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the…
• Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
• Daniel 4:24–25This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king: You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will…
• Psalms 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
• Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
• Daniel 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an…
• Psalms 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
• Hosea 7:16They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

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