Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Being therefore the offspring of God, we must not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold or silver or stone, the graving of art and device of man. we ought. Psalm 94:7-9 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand. . . . Psalm 106:20 And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass. Psalm 115:4-8 The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men. . . . Isaiah 40:12-18 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? . . . Isaiah 44:9-20 The makers of idols are all of them nothing, and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see, nor understand, that they may be ashamed. . . . Habakkuk 2:19,20 Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof. . . . Romans 1:20-23 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made. His eternal power also and divinity: so that they are inexcusable. . . . graven. Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Exodus 32:4 And when he had received them, he fashioned them by founders' work, and made of them a molten calf. And they said: These are thy gods, O Israel, that have brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Isaiah 46:5,6 Even to your old age I am the same, and to your grey hairs I will carry you: I have made you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save. . . . Jeremiah 10:4-10 He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder. . . . Context Paul Before the Areopagus…28For in him we live and move and are: as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring. 29Being therefore the offspring of God, we must not suppose the divinity to be like unto gold or silver or stone, the graving of art and device of man. 30And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance.… Cross References 2 Kings 19:18 And they have cast their gods into the fire: for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, of wood and stone, and they destroyed them. Isaiah 40:18 To whom then have you likened God? or what image will you make for him? Acts 19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul, by persuasion hath drawn away a great multitude, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying: they are not gods which are made by hands. Romans 1:23 And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of the image of a corruptible man and of birds, and of fourfooted beasts and of creeping things. Lexicon Therefore,οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. being ὑπάρχοντες (hyparchontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 5225: To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb). offspring γένος (genos) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 1085: Offspring, family, race, nation, kind. From ginomai; 'kin'. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. we should ὀφείλομεν (opheilomen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's Greek 3784: Or, its prolonged form opheileo probably from the base of ophelos; to owe; figuratively, to be under obligation; morally, to fail in duty. not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. think νομίζειν (nomizein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's Greek 3543: From nomos; properly, to do by law, i.e. To accustom; by extension, to deem or regard. that the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Divine Being Θεῖον (Theion) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 2304: Divine; subst: the Deity. From theos; godlike: - divine, godhead. is εἶναι (einai) Verb - Present Infinitive Active Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. like ὅμοιον (homoion) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 3664: Like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank. From the base of homou; similar. gold χρυσῷ (chrysō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 5557: Perhaps from the base of chraomai; gold; by extension, a golden article, as an ornament or coin. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. silver ἀργύρῳ (argyrō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 696: Silver as a metal. From argos; silver. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. stone, λίθῳ (lithō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone. an image formed χαράγματι (charagmati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 5480: Sculpture; engraving, a stamp, sign. From the same as charax; a scratch or etching, i.e. Stamp, or scupltured figure. by man’s ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. skill τέχνης (technēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 5078: Art, skill, trade, craft. From the base of tikto; art, i.e., a trade, or skill. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. imagination. ἐνθυμήσεως (enthymēseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 1761: Inward thought, reflection, plur: thoughts. From enthumeomai; deliberation. Additional Translations Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. Therefore, being offspring of God, we ought not to consider the Divine Being to be like to gold or to silver or to stone, a graven thing of man's craft and imagination. For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man. Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination. Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man. Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone graven by art and man's device. Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to imagine that His nature resembles gold or silver or marble, or anything sculptured by the art and inventive faculty of man. Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man. 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