ACTs 7:50 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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UST God said, ‘I created everything in heaven and on earth. My presence fills all of creation. So you human beings cannot make a place good enough for me to live in!’

AICNT Did not my hand make all these things?’[fn]

7:49-50, Isaiah 66:1-2

OEB Was it not my hand that made all these things?”

WEBBE Didn’t my hand make all these things?’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Did my hand not make all these things?’

LSV Has My hand not made all these things?

FBV Didn't I make everything?’[fn]

7:50 Quoting Isaiah 66:1-2.

TCNT Has not my hand made all these things?’

T4T Heaven is ◄my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe►, and the earth is ◄my footstool/merely like a stool on which I may rest my feet►. I myself [SYN] have made everything both in heaven and on the earth. So you human beings, ◄you really cannot build a house that would be adequate for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be appropriate for me?► [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me to live in!”

LEB • things?’[fn]

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BBE Did not my hand make all these things?

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Wymth Did not My hand form this universe.'

ASV Did not my hand make all these things?

DRA Hath not my hand made all these things?

YLT hath not My hand made all these things?

Drby has not my hand made all these things?

RV Did not my hand make all these things?

Wbstr Hath not my hand made all these things?

KJB-1769 Hath not my hand made all these things?

KJB-1611 Hath not my hand made all these things?
(Same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Hath not my hande made all these thynges?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Gnva Hath not mine hand made all these things?

Cvdl Hath not my hande made all these thinges?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

TNT hath not my honde made all these thinges?
(hath not my hand made all these things? )

Wycl Whether myn hoond made not alle these thingis?
(Whether mine hand made not all these things?)

Luth Hat nicht meine Hand das alles gemacht?
(Hat not my hand the all/everything made?)

ClVg Nonne manus mea fecit hæc omnia?]
(Isn't_it hands mea he_did these_things omnia?] )

UGNT οὐχὶ ἡ χείρ μου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα πάντα?
(ouⱪi haʸ ⱪeir mou epoiaʸsen tauta panta?)

SBL-GNT οὐχὶ ἡ χείρ μου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα πάντα;
(ouⱪi haʸ ⱪeir mou epoiaʸsen tauta panta;)

TC-GNT Οὐχὶ ἡ χείρ μου ἐποίησε ταῦτα πάντα;
(Ouⱪi haʸ ⱪeir mou epoiaʸse tauta panta; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

7:1-53 Stephen responded to the accusations by testifying about his Lord (cp. Luke 21:12-17). Instead of defending himself against their prosecution, he became a witness in God’s prosecution of them, exposing their stubbornness and unfaithfulness to God. Stephen’s recital of Israel’s past reminded them of their repeated rejections of those whom God had sent.
• Stephen’s review of Israel’s history has three principal parts, dealing with the work of the patriarchs (Acts 7:2-16), the ministry of Moses (7:17-43), and the role of the Tabernacle and the Temple (7:44-50). Stephen followed up his historical survey with a clear attack on the hard-heartedness of his own people. With a prophetic challenge, he urged them to stop rebelling against the Holy Spirit and turn to God with repentance and faith.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

οὐχὶ ἡ χείρ μου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα πάντα?

not the hand ˱of˲_me made these_‹things› all

This is the end of the quotation from the prophet Isaiah that began in verse 49. See how you marked the beginning of the quotation there. It would be appropriate to mark its ending here with a closing second-level quotation mark or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the end of a second-level quotation. If you used special formatting to set off the quotation, you could return to regular formatting after this verse.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὐχὶ ἡ χείρ μου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα πάντα?

not the hand ˱of˲_me made these_‹things› all

God is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: [My hand made all these things!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

οὐχὶ ἡ χείρ μου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα πάντα?

not the hand ˱of˲_me made these_‹things› all

God is using one part of himself, his hand, to represent all of himself in the act of creating. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or plain language. Alternate translation: [Did I not make all these things?] or, if you choose to represent the rhetorical question as an exclamation, “I made all these things!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ταῦτα πάντα

these_‹things› all

The phrase all these things refers back to “Heaven” and “earth” in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [everything in creation]

Parallel ACTs 7:50