27that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:


In Context

24 The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

25 nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

26 and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

27 that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

28 for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

29 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.

Acts 17:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:27That they should seek God, if happily they may feel after him or find him, although he be not far from every one of us:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:27that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:27that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of us:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:27that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:27to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: