Acts 7:48

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!
  • 2 Chr 2:5-6 : 5 `And the house that I am building `is' great, for greater `is' our God than all gods; 6 and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who `am' I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him?
  • Isa 66:1-2 : 1 Thus said Jehovah: The heavens `are' My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where `is' this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where `is' this -- the place -- My rest? 2 And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.
  • Acts 17:24-25 : 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;
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
  • Dan 4:17 : 17 by the decree of the sifters `is' the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 (for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)
  • Ps 7:17 : 17 I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!
  • Ps 46:4 : 4 A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,
  • Ps 91:9 : 9 (For Thou, O Jehovah, `art' my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.
  • Ps 92:8 : 8 And Thou `art' high to the age, O Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 7:49-50
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    49The heaven `is' My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what `is' the place of My rest?

    50hath not My hand made all these things?

  • Acts 7:46-47
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    46who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

    47and Solomon built Him an house.

  • Acts 17:24-25
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    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,

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
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    27But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

  • 2 Chr 6:18
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    18(for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

  • Isa 66:1
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    1Thus said Jehovah: The heavens `are' My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where `is' this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where `is' this -- the place -- My rest?

  • 1 Chr 17:4-6
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    4`Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:

    5for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,

    6whithersoever I have walked up and down among all Israel, a word spake I, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have ye not built for Me a house of cedars?

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    5`And the house that I am building `is' great, for greater `is' our God than all gods;

    6and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who `am' I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him?

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
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    5`Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?

    6for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    7During all `the time' that I have walked up and down among all the sons of Israel, a word have I spoken with one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, `Why have ye not built to Me a house of cedars?

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    71%

    13I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.'

  • 2 Chr 6:2
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    2and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

  • Heb 3:4
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    4for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build `is' God,

  • 2 Chr 20:8
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    8and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,

  • 2 Sam 7:27
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    27For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;

  • 2 Sam 7:2
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    2that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, `See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.'

  • 1 Chr 17:12
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    12he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age;

  • 2 Chr 7:16
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    16and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.

  • 2 Chr 7:21
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    21`And this house that hath been high, to every one passing by it, is an astonishment, and he hath said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land, and to this house?

  • 2 Chr 6:5
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    5`From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;

  • Heb 8:2
    68%

    2of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
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    5and lo, I am saying to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son whom I appoint in thy stead on thy throne, he doth build the house for My name.

  • Acts 2:34
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    34for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand,

  • Ps 78:69
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    69And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.

  • 2 Cor 5:1
    68%

    1For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens,

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    68%

    12And Jehovah appeareth unto Solomon by night, and saith to him, `I have heard thy prayer, and have fixed on this place to Me for a house of sacrifice.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    68%

    2And David the king riseth on his feet, and saith, `Hear me, my brethren and my people, I -- with my heart -- to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God, and I prepared to build,

  • 2 Chr 6:8-9
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    67%

    8and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,

    9but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
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    7and David saith to Solomon his son, `As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God,

  • 2 Sam 7:13
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    13He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.

  • Ezek 43:7
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    7and He saith unto me: `Son of man, the place of My throne, And the place of the soles of My feet, Where I dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel to the age, Defile no more do the house of Israel My holy name, They, and their kings, by their whoredom, And by the carcases of their kings -- their high places.

  • 2 Cor 6:16
    67%

    16and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said -- `I will dwell in them, and will walk among `them', and I will be their God, and they shall be My people,

  • Ps 68:16
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    16Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.

  • Ps 26:8
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    8Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

  • 1 Cor 3:16
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    16have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

  • 1 Kgs 8:19
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    19only, thou dost not build the house, but thy son who is coming out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.

  • Ps 113:5
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    5Who `is' as Jehovah our God, He is exalting `Himself' to sit?

  • 1 Chr 29:16
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    16`O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, `is' out of Thy hand, and of Thee `is' the whole.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
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    2Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days.

  • 1 Kgs 5:3
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    3`Thou hast known David my father, that he hath not been able to build a house to the name of Jehovah his God, because of the wars that have been round about him, till Jehovah's putting them under the soles of his feet.

  • Jer 7:11
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    11A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
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    2As to the house that king Solomon hath built for Jehovah, sixty cubits `is' its length, and twenty its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.