Acts 17:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ From one ancestor he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes),

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ 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;

Common English Bible

²⁶ From one person God created every human nation to live on the whole earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And he has made, out of one, every family of man: to live upon the face of the entire earth, determining the appointed seasons and the limits of their habitation,

Acts 17:26 Cross References

Genesis 3:20

The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all living.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

1 Corinthians 15:22

for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

Psalm 31:15

My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.

Job 14:5

Since their days are determined, and the number of their months is known to you, and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass,

Job 12:23

He makes nations great, then destroys them; he enlarges nations, then leads them away.

Genesis 9:19

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was peopled.

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise shall fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and cleansed, until the time of the end, for there is still an interval until the time appointed.

Daniel 11:27

The two kings, their minds bent on evil, shall sit at one table and exchange lies. But it shall not succeed, for there remains an end at the time appointed.

Isaiah 14:31

Wail, O gate; cry, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in its ranks.

Hebrews 2:3

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,

Isaiah 45:21

Declare and present your case; take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? There is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.

Acts 15:18

known from long ago.’

Psalm 74:17

You have fixed all the bounds of the earth; you made summer and winter.

Jeremiah 27:5

It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the people and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever I please.

Acts 14:17

yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good, giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”

Isaiah 34:17

He has cast the lot for them; his hand has portioned it out to them with the line. [[They shall possess it; from generation to generation they shall live in it.