Acts 17:27
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so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn’t play hide-and-seek with us. He’s not remote; he’s near.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
to search for God, if perhaps indeed they might feel around for him and find him. And indeed he is not far away from each one of us,
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
That 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:
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