Acts 17:27

Paul’s Address in the Areopagus

26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.27God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. 28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

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Berean Standard Bible
God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
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:
Bible in Basic English
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
Douay-Rheims 1899
That they should seek God, if happily they may feel after him or find him, although he be not far from every one of us:
Free Bible Version
God's purpose was that they should seek him, hoping they would reach out for him and find him—though he isn't far from any one of us.
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.
King James (Authorized) 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:
Plain English Version
He did that so that we can look for him, and maybe we can find him. But really, he is not very far away from any of us.
Translation for Translators
He wanted people to realize that they need him. Then maybe they would seek him and find him. God wants us to seek him, although he is really close [LIT] to each one of us.
Unlocked Literal Bible
so that they should search for God and perhaps they may feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us.
Noah Webster Bible
That 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:
World English Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,