Acts 17:24

²² Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

²³ For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

The 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.

²⁵ Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

²⁶ From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The 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.
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;
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.
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;
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,
BLB: The God having made the world and all things that [are] in it, He, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in hand-made temples,

ÅB: Gud, han som gjorde verden og alt som er i den, han som er herre over himmel og jord, han bor ikke i templer gjort med hender.
OTB: Gud, som skapte verden og alt i den, han som er Herre over himmel og jord, bor ikke i templer gjort med menneskehender.
B1930: Gud, han som gjorde verden og alt som i den er, han som er herre over himmel og jord, han bor ikke i templer gjort med hender;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Kings 8:27
But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
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Acts 7:48
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
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Isaiah 66:1
This 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?
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2 Chronicles 6:18
But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
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Psalms 115:16
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
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2 Chronicles 2:6
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 build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?
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