Devine Scripture

Acts 17:26

Acts chapter 17 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And 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;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

Context

v.25neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

v.26This passage

v.27that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Malachi 2:10

    Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

  • 1 Corinthians 15:22

    For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

  • Isaiah 14:31

    Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

  • Isaiah 45:21

    Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.

  • Psalms 31:15

    My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

  • Daniel 11:35

    And some of them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.