KJV King James Version
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
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Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
WEB World English Bible
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
ASV American Standard Version
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;
Surrounding context — Acts 17
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:
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.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this [matter].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
γένοςG1085 · genosfamily: descendantοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenὑπάρχοντεςG5225 · huparchōbe alreadyτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodοὐκG3756 · ounoὀφείλομενG3784 · opheilōto oweνομίζεινG3543 · nomizōto thinkχρυσῷG5557 · chrusosgoldἢG2228 · ēorἀργύρῳG696 · argurossilverἢG2228 · ēorλίθῳ,G3037 · lithosstoneχαράγματιG5480 · charagmaimage/markτέχνηςG5078 · technēskillκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνθυμήσεωςG1761 · enthumēsisreflectionἀνθρώπου,G444 · anthrōposa humanτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεῖονG2304 · theiosdivineεἶναιG1511 · einaito existὅμοιον.G3664 · homoioslike
Cross-references
Isaiah 40:25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.Exodus 20:4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:Isaiah 46:5-6To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?Psalm 115:4-8Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.Habakkuk 2:19-20Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.Romans 1:20-23For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:Jeremiah 10:4-10They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.Psalm 106:20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.Psalm 94:7-9Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].Isaiah 40:12-20Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?Exodus 32:4And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Isaiah 44:9-20They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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