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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 17:29 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone — a work of human art and imagination.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Da wir nun Gottes Geschlecht sind, so sollen wir nicht meinen, daß das Göttliche dem Golde oder Silber oder Stein, einem Gebilde der Kunst und der Erfindung des Menschen, gleich sei.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Siendo pues linaje de Dios, no hemos de estimar la Divinidad ser semejante á oro, ó á plata, ó á piedra, escultura de artificio ó de imaginación de hombres.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Sendo então descendência de Deus, nós não devemos pensar que a divindade seja semelhante a ouro, ou a prata, ou a pedra esculpida por artifício e imaginação humana.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Sendo nós geração de Deus, não devemos pensar que a divindade é semelhante ao ouro, prata ou pedra — imagens criadas pela arte e imaginação do homem.
📖 Acts 17:29 in Context
27That 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:
28For 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.
29Forasmuch 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.
30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31Because 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.
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