Acts 17:27
Acts 17:27 New International Version (NIV)
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.
Acts 17:24-29 The Message (MSG)
“The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn’t live in custom-made shrines or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn’t take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don’t make him. Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living 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. We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’ Well, if we are the God-created, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to think we could hire a sculptor to chisel a god out of stone for us, does it?
Acts 17:27 King James Version (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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us
Acts 17:27 New Century Version (NCV)
God wanted them to look for him and perhaps search all around for him and find him, though he is not far from any of us
Acts 17:27 American Standard Version (ASV)
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 New King James Version (NKJV)
so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us
Acts 17:27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
This was so that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grasp for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
Acts 17:27 New Living Translation (NLT)
“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.