Acts 17:28

Paul’s Address in the Areopagus

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.’29Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

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Berean Standard Bible
‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
American Standard Version (1901)
for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Bible in Basic English
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
Douay-Rheims 1899
For in him we live, and move, and are; as some also of your own poets said: For we are also his offspring.
Free Bible Version
In him we live, move, and exist. Just as one of your own poets wrote, ‘We are his family.’
Geneva Bible 1599
For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as also certaine of your owne Poets haue sayd, for we are also his generation.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Plain English Version
That old story is true that says, ‘He is with us all the time. He is the one that makes us alive, so that we can walk about and do things.’ And even one of your own Athens people wrote something about him. He wrote, ‘We are his kids.’
Translation for Translators
As someone has said, ‘It is only because he enables us that we (inc) live and move and do what we do.’ And, as some of your own poets have said, ‘We (inc) are God’s children.’
Unlocked Literal Bible
For in him we live and move and have our being, just as one of your own poets has said, 'For we also are his offspring.'
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
Young's Literal Translation
for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.