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


In Context

24 'God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,

25 neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

26 He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth — having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings —

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

28 for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

29 'Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;

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 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 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: