Acts 17:29 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Acts 17:29 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 17:29 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 17:29 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Acts 17:29 — World English Bible
Acts 17:29 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Acts 17:29 — American Standard Version
Acts 17:29 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`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;”
Acts 17:29 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 17:29 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Being therefore [the] offspring ofGod, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination. ”
Acts 17:29 — Darby Translation
Acts 17:29 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Forasmuch then, as we are the generation of God, we ought not to thinke that ye Godhead is like vnto gold, or siluer, or stone grauen by arte and the inuention of man.”
Acts 17:29 — Geneva Bible
Acts 17:29 in Context — Acts 17
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.
What Does Acts 17:29 Mean?
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