^17:29So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity¹⁰¹ is like gold or silver or stone, an image¹⁰² made by human¹⁰³ skill¹⁰⁴ and imagination.¹⁰⁵

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Footnotes

101 Or “the divine being.” θεῖος 1.b has “divine being, divinity” here.
102 Or “a likeness.” Again idolatry is directly attacked as an affront to God and a devaluation of him.
103 Grk “by the skill and imagination of man,” but ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou) has been translated as an attributive genitive.
104 Or “craftsmanship” (cf. τέχνη).
105 Or “thought.” ἐνθύμησις has “thought, reflection, idea” as the category of meaning here, but in terms of creativity (as in the context) the imaginative faculty is in view.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

NLTNew Living Translation

And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore, because we are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

KJV 1900King James Version

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

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