Acts 7:48

New Living Translation

⁴⁸However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says,

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Acts 7:48

New International Version

⁴⁸“However, the Most High^(A) does not live in houses made by human hands.^(B) As the prophet says:

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Acts 17:24-25

New Living Translation

²⁴“He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, ²⁵and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.

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Acts 17:24-25

New International Version

²⁴“The God who made the world and everything in it^(A) is the Lord of heaven and earth^(B) and does not live in temples built by human hands.^(C) ²⁵And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.^(D)

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Isaiah 66:1-2

New Living Translation

66 This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?
    Could you build me such a resting place?
²My hands have made both heaven and earth;
    they and everything in them are mine.^[a]
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
who tremble at my word.

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Footnotes

66:2 As in Greek, Latin, and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads these things are.

Isaiah 66:1-2

New International Version

Judgment and Hope

66 This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne,^(A)
    and the earth is my footstool.^(B)
Where is the house^(C) you will build for me?
    Where will my resting place be?
²Has not my hand made all these things,^(D)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,^(E)
and who tremble at my word.^(F)

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1 Kings 8:27

New Living Translation

²⁷“But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!

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1 Kings 8:27

New International Version

²⁷“But will God really dwell^(A) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,^(B) cannot contain^(C) you. How much less this temple I have built!

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2 Chronicles 2:5-6

New Living Translation

⁵“This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods. ⁶But who can really build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heavens can contain him! So who am I to consider building a Temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices to him?

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2 Chronicles 2:5-6

New International Version

⁵“The temple I am going to build will be great,^(A) because our God is greater than all other gods.^(B) ⁶But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him?^(C) Who then am I^(D) to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?

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2 Chronicles 6:18

New Living Translation

¹⁸“But will God really live on earth among people? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!

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2 Chronicles 6:18

New International Version

¹⁸“But will God really dwell^(A) on earth with humans? The heavens,^(B) even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!

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Psalm 91:9

New Living Translation

⁹If you make the Lord your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,

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Psalm 91:9

New International Version

⁹If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,

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Daniel 4:17

New Living Translation

¹⁷For this has been decreed by the messengers^[a];
    it is commanded by the holy ones,
so that everyone may know
    that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world.
He gives them to anyone he chooses—
    even to the lowliest of people.”

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4:17 Aramaic the watchers.

Daniel 4:17

New International Version

¹⁷“‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High^(A) is sovereign^(B) over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest^(C) of people.’

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Psalm 91:1

New Living Translation

Psalm 91

¹Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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Psalm 91:1

New International Version

Psalm 91

¹Whoever dwells in the shelter^(A) of the Most High
will rest in the shadow^(B) of the Almighty.^[a]

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Psalm 91:1 Hebrew Shaddai

Psalm 92:8

New Living Translation

⁸But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever.

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Psalm 92:8

New International Version

⁸But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

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Psalm 7:17

New Living Translation

¹⁷I will thank the Lord because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

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Psalm 7:17

New International Version

¹⁷I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;^(A)
I will sing the praises^(B) of the name of the Lord Most High.^(C)

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Daniel 4:34

New Living Translation

Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

³⁴“After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever.

His rule is everlasting,
and his kingdom is eternal.

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Daniel 4:34

New International Version

³⁴At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity^(A) was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.^(B)

His dominion is an eternal dominion;
his kingdom^(C) endures from generation to generation.^(D)

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Daniel 4:24-25

New Living Translation

²⁴“‘This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what the Most High has declared will happen to my lord the king. ²⁵You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.

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Daniel 4:24-25

New International Version

²⁴“This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree^(A) the Most High has issued against my lord the king: ²⁵You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched^(B) with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High^(C) is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.^(D)

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