Acts 17:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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:”

Acts 17:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Acts 17:27 in 6 Bible Translations

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Acts 17:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“that 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.”

Acts 17:27 — World English Bible

Acts 17:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Acts 17:27 — American Standard Version

Acts 17:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Acts 17:27 — Young's Literal Translation

Acts 17:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Acts 17:27 — Darby Translation

Acts 17:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“That they shoulde seeke the Lord, if so be they might haue groped after him, and founde him though doubtlesse he be not farre from euery one of vs.”

Acts 17:27 — Geneva Bible

Acts 17:27 in Context — Acts 17

25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

27 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:

28 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.

29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

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What Does Acts 17:27 Mean?

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