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Acts 17:25

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23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

24 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;

Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

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BSB
Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
KJV
Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
WEB
He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
ASV
neither is he served by men`s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
DARBY
nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;
BLB
nor is He served by hands of men as needing anything—He [who] gives to all life and breath and all things.
ÅB
Han tjenes ikke av menneskelige hender heller, som om han trengte til noe, for det er han selv som gir liv og ånde og alt til alle.
OTB
Heller ikke blir han tjent av menneskehender, som om han trengte noe, siden det er han selv som gir alle liv og ånde og alle ting.
B1930
heller ikke tjenes han av menneskelige hender som om han trengte til noget, han som jo selv gir alle liv og ånde og alle ting;

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Cross references

  • Psalms 50:8–13

    I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

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  • Isaiah 42:5

    Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

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  • Genesis 2:7

    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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  • Acts 17:28

    For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

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  • Romans 11:35

    Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

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  • Job 33:4

    The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

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  • Job 35:6–7

    If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

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  • Job 22:2

    Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

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