Acts 17:24

Paul’s Address in the Areopagus

23For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

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Berean Standard Bible
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
American Standard Version (1901)
The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Bible in Basic English
The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;
Douay-Rheims 1899
God, who made the world, and all things therein; he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Free Bible Version
The God who created the world and everything in it, the Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't live in temples we make.
Geneva Bible 1599
God that made the world, and all things that are therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaue and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands,
King James (Authorized) Version
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Plain English Version
He is the God that made all the world, and he made everything in the world. He is the boss over everybody everywhere. He is boss up in the sky, and he is boss down here on the ground. So nobody can build a house big enough for him to live in.
Translation for Translators
He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Because he rules over all beings in heaven and on earth, he does not dwell in shrines that people have made.
Unlocked Literal Bible
The God who made the world and everything in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples built with hands.
Noah Webster Bible
God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
World English Bible
The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
Young's Literal Translation
'God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,