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Acts 17:29

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 29 “Therefore, since we are the children* of God,+ we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and design of humans.+

Acts 17:29

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 29 “Therefore, since we are the children* of God,+ we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and design of humans.+

Acts 17:29

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 29 γένος Race οὖν therefore ὑπάρχοντες existing τοῦ of the θεοῦ God οὐκ not ὀφείλομεν we are owing νομίζειν to be opining χρυσῷ to gold ἢ or ἀργύρῳ to silver ἢ or λίθῳ, to stone, χαράγματι to sculptured (thing) τέχνης of art καὶ and ἐνθυμήσεως of contrivance ἀνθρώπου, of man, τὸ the θεῖον divine [being] εἶναι to be ὅμοιον. like.

Acts 17:29

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 29 “Seeing, therefore, that we are the progeny of God,+ we ought not to imagine that the Divine Being*+ is like gold or silver or stone, like something sculptured by the art and contrivance of man.+

Acts 17:29

The Bible in Living English
- 29 So, seeing we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think divinity is similar to gold or silver or stone sculptured by human art and conception.

Acts 17:29

The Emphasized Bible
- 29 Being then offspring of God we ought not to be supposing that unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man the Divine is like.

Acts 17:29

King James Version
- 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.