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Acts 17:27–28

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27that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, athough He is not far from each one of us;

28for ain Him we live and move and 1exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’

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Cross references

  1. aDeut 4:7; Jer 23:23f; Acts 14:17
  2. aJob 12:10; Dan 5:23

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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, for

“ ‘In him we live and move and have our being’;

as even some of your own poets have said,

“ ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

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

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. For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’

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. For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

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, for in him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said: ‘For we also are his offspring.’

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: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.