Acts 17:30

Paul’s Address in the Areopagus

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.30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

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Berean Standard Bible
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
American Standard Version (1901)
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:
Bible in Basic English
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
Douay-Rheims 1899
And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men, that all should every where do penance.
Free Bible Version
God disregarded people's ignorance in the past, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent.
Geneva Bible 1599
And the time of this ignorance God regarded not: but nowe hee admonisheth all men euery where to repent,
King James (Authorized) Version
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Plain English Version
You see, at first people didn’t know about God, but at that time he didn’t worry about it. Now it is different. Now he says to all of us, that we have to turn around and stop doing bad things.
Translation for Translators
During the times when people did not know what God wanted them to do, he did not immediately punish them for what they did. But now God commands all people everywhere to turn away from their evil behavior.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore God overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent.
Noah Webster Bible
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
World English Bible
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
Young's Literal Translation
the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,