Acts 7:49–50
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7:49‘Heaven is my throne,
and earth is the footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is my resting place?150
Footnotes
- 150 What kind … resting place? The rhetorical questions suggest mere human beings cannot build a house to contain God.
- 151 Or “Did I.” The phrase “my hand” is ultimately a metaphor for God himself.
- 152 The question in Greek introduced with οὐχί (ouchi) expects a positive reply. A quotation from Isa 66:1–2. If God made the heavens, how can a human building contain him?
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“ ‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
Did not my hand make all these things?’
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“ ‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me?
says the Lord.
Or where will my resting place be?
Has not my hand made all these things?’
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Heaven is my throne,
and the earth my footstool.
What sort of house will you build for me?
says the Lord,
or what will be my resting place?
Did not my hand make all these things?
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?’
asks the Lord.
‘Could you build me such a resting place?
Didn’t my hands make both heaven and earth?’
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
‘Heaven is my throne
and earth is the footstool for my feet.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
Did not my hand make all these things?’
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KJV 1900King James Version
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things?
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