Acts 17:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said, For we are His offspring.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} in{G1722} him{G846} we live{G2198}{(G5719)}, and{G2532} move{G2795}{(G5743)}, and{G2532} have our being{G2070}{(G5748)}; as{G5613} certain{G5100} also{G2532} of your{G5209} own{G2596} poets{G4163} have said{G2046}{(G5758)}, For{G1063} we are{G2070}{(G5748)} also{G2532} his{G5120} offspring{G1085}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For in him we lyve move and have oure beynge as certayne of youre awne Poetes sayde. For we are also his generacion.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For in him we lyue, moue, and haue oure beynge, as certayne of youre awne Poetes also haue sayde: We are his generacion.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as also certaine of your owne Poets haue sayd, for we are also his generation.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For in hym we liue, and moue, & haue our beyng, as certaine of your owne poetes sayde: for we are also his offpryng.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    'For in him we live, and move, and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said,‘For we too are his offspring.’

Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:10 : 10 "In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind."
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
  • Col 1:17 : 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
  • Ps 36:9 : 9 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
  • John 5:26 : 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son also to have life in Himself.
  • John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.'
  • Luke 20:38 : 38 He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for to him all are alive.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
  • 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Even though someone pursues you to take your life, the life of my lord will be securely bound in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
  • Ps 66:9 : 9 He has kept our lives secure and has not allowed our feet to slip.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.

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