Verse 48

However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Men den Høyeste bor ikke i templer laget med hender; som profeten sier,

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men den Høyeste bor ikke i hender laget templer, slik profeten sier.

• Norsk King James

  Likevel bor Den Høyeste ikke i templer laget av mennesker; som profeten sier,

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Den Høyeste bor ikke i templer laget med hender, som profeten sier:

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men den Høyeste bor ikke i hus som er gjort med hender; som profeten sier:

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Likevel bor ikke Den høyeste i templer gjort med hender, som profeten sier:

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Likevel bor ikke Den Høyeste i templer laget med hender; som profeten sier:

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Likevel bor ikke den Høyeste i templer bygget med hender, slik profeten sier:

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Likevel bor ikke Den Høyeste i templer laget med hender; som profeten sier:

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men den Høyeste bor ikke i hus som er bygd med hender, slik profeten sier:

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says:

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Den Høyeste bor ikke i hus bygd med hender, som profeten sier:

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dog den Høieste boer ikke i Templer, byggede med Hænder, som Propheten siger:

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men Den Høyeste bor ikke i templer gjort med hender, som profeten sier:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men Den Høyeste bor ikke i templer gjort med hender, som profeten sier:

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den Høyeste bor ikke i hus bygd med hender, slik profeten sier:

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men Den Høyeste bor ikke i hus bygd med menneskehender, som profeten sier:

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men Den Høyeste bor ikke i hus laget av mennesker, som profeten sier:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  How be it he that is hyest of all dwelleth not in teple made with hondes as saith the Prophete:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Howbeit ye Hyest of all dwelleth not in temples that are made with handes: As he sayeth by the prophete:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with handes, as saith the Prophet,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Howebeit, he that is hyest of al, dwelleth not in teples made with handes, as sayth the prophete:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

• World English Bible (2000)

  However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?
• 2 Chr 2:5-6 : 5 And the house which I build is great, for great is our God above all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before him?
• Isa 66:1-2 : 1 Thus says the LORD, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build for me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
• Acts 17:24-25 : 24 God, who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 Nor is He worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things;
• Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the boundaries of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
• Dan 4:17 : 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.
• 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
• Ps 7:17 : 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
• Ps 46:4 : 4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
• Ps 91:1 : 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
• Ps 91:9 : 9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your habitation;
• Ps 92:8 : 8 But you, LORD, are most high forevermore.