Acts 17:27
“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:”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 17:27 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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:
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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:
Open English Bible (OEB)English
That they might search for God, if by any means they might feel their way to him and find him. And yet he is not really far from any one of us;
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
daß sie Gott suchen, ob sie ihn wohl tastend fühlen und finden möchten, obgleich er nicht fern ist von einem jeden von uns.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Para que buscasen á Dios, si en alguna manera, palpando, le hallen; aunque cierto no está lejos de cada uno de nosotros:
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Para que buscassem ao Senhor, se talvez pudessem apalpá-lo e encontrá-lo,apesar dele não estar longe de cada um de nós.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Portanto eles deveriam buscar a Deus e, tateando, talvez pudessem encontrá-Lo e descobri-Lo, embora Ele não esteja longe de cada um de nós.
📖 Acts 17:27 in Context
25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26And 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;
27That 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:
28For 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.
29Forasmuch 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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