Acts 17:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Nor is he served by human hands as if he needed anything, since he himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐδὲ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων θεραπεύεται, προσδεόμενός τινος, αὐτὸς διδοὺς πᾶσι ζωὴν, καὶ πνοὴν, καὶ τὰ πάντα·

Transliteration

Neither by cheirōn of anthrōpōn is he therapeuetai, prosdeomenos of anything, himself didous to all zōēn, and pnoēn, and all things;

Grammar Details

• *cheirōn*: genitive plural feminine - of hands
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive plural masculine - of humans
• *therapeuetai*: present passive indicative, 3rd person singular - is served/cared for
• *prosdeomenos*: present middle participle, nominative singular masculine - needing in addition
• *didous*: present active participle, nominative singular masculine - giving
• *zōēn*: accusative singular feminine - life
• *pnoēn*: accusative singular feminine - breath

Word Meanings

• *therapeuetai*: is served/is cared for/is ministered to
• *prosdeomenos*: needing in addition/requiring/being in want of
• *didous*: giving/granting/providing
• *zōēn*: life/existence
• *pnoēn*: breath/breathing/respiration

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Nor is He worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  neither{G3761} is he served{G2323} by{G5259} men's{G444} hands,{G5495} as though he needed{G4326} anything,{G5100} seeing he{G846} himself giveth{G1325} to all{G3956} life,{G2222} and{G2532} breath,{G4157} and{G2596} all things;{G3956}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Neither{G3761} is worshipped{G2323}{(G5743)} with{G5259} men's{G444} hands{G5495}, as though he needed{G4326}{(G5740)} any thing{G5100}, seeing he{G846} giveth{G1325}{(G5723)} to all{G3956} life{G2222}, and{G2532} breath{G4157}, and{G2596} all things{G3956};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  nether is worshipped with mennes hondes as though he neded of eny thinge seinge he him selfe geveth lyfe and breeth to all men every where

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  nether is he worshipped with mens handes, as though he had nede of eny man, seynge he himself geueth life and breth vnto all men euery where:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Neither is worshipped with mens handes, as though he needed any thing, seeing hee giueth to all life and breath and all things,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neither is worshipped with mens handes, as though he needed of any thing, seing he him selfe geueth life and breath to all, euery where.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:2 : 2 Can a man benefit God? Even a wise man benefits only himself.
• Job 27:3 : 3 as long as my breath remains in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
• Job 33:4 : 4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
• Gen 2:7 : 7 Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
• Job 35:6-7 : 6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against God? Even if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
• Ps 50:8-9 : 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9 I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats from your pens. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
• Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all its offspring, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:
• Zech 12:1 : 1 This is the Lord’s message concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit within humans, declares this:
• Acts 17:28 : 28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'
• Rom 11:35 : 35 Or who has ever given to Him that God should repay them?
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
• Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may become children of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Matt 9:13 : 13 'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.'
• Isa 57:16 : 16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit would faint before me—the breath of life that I created.
• Jer 7:20-23 : 20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on people and animals, on the trees of the field and the fruits of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished. 21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. 23 But this is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, so that it may go well with you.
• Amos 5:21-23 : 21 I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no pleasure in your solemn assemblies. 22 Even if you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not regard your fattened peace offerings. 23 Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
• Ps 104:27-30 : 27 All creatures look to You to give them their food at the proper time. 28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things. 29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. 30 When You send forth Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
• Ps 16:2 : 2 I said to the LORD, 'You are my Lord; I have no good apart from You.'
• Num 16:22 : 22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, "O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?"
• Num 27:16 : 16 May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the assembly
• Job 12:10 : 10 "In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind."
• Job 34:14 : 14 If He were to set His heart to it and gather to Himself His spirit and breath,
• Acts 14:17 : 17 Yet, he did not leave himself without a witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling you with food and gladness in your hearts.