Acts 17:27 — compare English translations
Compare translationsActs 17:27 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ζητεῖν
zētéō
G2212
to seek
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
θεὸν
theós
G2316
God
εἰ
ei
G1487
if
ἄραγε
ára
G686
therefore
ψηλαφήσειαν
psēlapháō
G5584
to touch
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
εὕροιεν
heurískō
G2147
to find
καίγε
kaíge
G2534
and indeed
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
μακρὰν
makrán
G3112
far off
ἀπὸ
apó
G575
from
ἑνὸς
heîs
G1520
one
ἑκάστου
hékastos
G1538
each
ἡμῶν
hēmeîs
G2249
we
ὑπάρχοντα
hypárchō
G5225
to be at hand
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
to seek God, if perhaps they might feel around for him and find him, yet indeed not being far from each one of us.
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