“But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? All the sky and the highest place in heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this house which I have built cannot contain you either.
Acts 7:48 - Easy To Read Version “But the Most High (God) does not live in houses that men build with their hands. This is what the prophet {\cf2\super [146]} writes: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition However, the Most High does not dwell in houses and temples made with hands; as the prophet says, [Isa. 66:1, 2.] American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in houses made with hands; as saith the prophet, Common English Bible However, the Most High doesn’t live in houses built by human hands. As the prophet says, Catholic Public Domain Version Yet the Most High does not live in houses built by hands, just as he said through the prophet: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith: |
“But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? All the sky and the highest place in heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this house which I have built cannot contain you either.
“But we know that you, God, will not really live on the earth with people. Heaven and the highest of heavens cannot hold you! And we know that this temple {\cf2\super [102]} I built cannot hold you!
There is a river whose streams\par bring happiness to God’s city,\par to the holy city of God Most High.\par
I praise the Lord because he is good.\par I praise the name of the Lord Most-High.\par
You can go to God Most-High to hide.\par You can go to the God All-Powerful\par for protection.\par
Why? Because you trust the Lord.\par You made God Most-High your\par place of safety.\par
A holy angel announced this punishment. Why? So all the people on earth may know that God Most High rules over the kingdoms of men. God gives those kingdoms to anyone he wants to. And God chooses humble people to rule those kingdoms!
Then at the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven. And I was in my right mind again. Then I gave praise to God Most High. I gave honor and glory to him who lives forever.
But they were like a boomerang. {\cf2\super [74]} \par They changed directions,\par but they did not come back to me. {\cf2\super [75]} \par Their leaders bragged \{about their strength\}.\par But they will be killed with swords.\par And the people in Egypt will laugh at them.\par
He will be great (important). People will call him the Son of the Most High (God). The Lord God will make him king like his ancestor David. {\cf2\super [12]}
We know that \{our body\}—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a home for us to live in. It will not be a home made by men. It will be a home in heaven that will continue forever.
God Most-High separated the people on earth and gave each nation its own land. God set up borders for those people. He made as many nations as there are angels. [211]