Verse Comparison: Acts 17:27
American Standard Version
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:
Amplified® Bible
So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.
Contemporary English Version
God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him. He isn't far from any of us,
Darby English Version
that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:
Good News Bible
He did this so that they would look for him, and perhaps find him as they felt around for him. Yet God is actually not far from any one of us;
International Standard Version
so that they might look for God, somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us.
King James 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:
New American Standard Bible
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;
New International Version
God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
New King James Version
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;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He does not dwell 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,
