Acts 17:25
Acts 17:24-29 The Message (MSG)
“The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn’t live in custom-made shrines or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn’t take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don’t make him. Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn’t play hide-and-seek with us. He’s not remote; he’s near. We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’ Well, if we are the God-created, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to think we could hire a sculptor to chisel a god out of stone for us, does it?
Acts 17:25 King James Version (KJV)
neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things
Acts 17:25 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things
Acts 17:25 New Century Version (NCV)
This God is the One who gives life, breath, and everything else to people. He does not need any help from them; he has everything he needs.
Acts 17:25 American Standard Version (ASV)
neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things
Acts 17:25 New King James Version (NKJV)
Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.
Acts 17:25 Amplified Bible (AMP)
nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to all [people] life and breath and all things. [Is 42:5]
Acts 17:25 New Living Translation (NLT)
and 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.
Acts 17:25 The Passion Translation (TPT)
He supplies life and breath and all things to every living being. He doesn’t lack a thing that we mortals could supply for him, for he has all things and everything he needs.