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.


In Context

24 "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.

25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.

26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.

27 God 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.

28 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

29 "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 man's design and skill.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:27that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

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: