25neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;


In Context

22 And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, 'Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;

23 for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God — unknown; whom, therefore — not knowing — ye do worship, this One I announce to you.

24 '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,

25 neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

26 He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth — having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings —

27 to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

Acts 17:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:25Neither is he served with men's hands, as though he needed any thing; seeing it is he who giveth to all life, and breath, and all things:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:25neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:25neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:25neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;