Verse List for ROM 4:18

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OET (OET-RV) Without any other evidence, he believed in hope itself, and thus he became the father of many nations, just like he’d been told: ‘Your descendants will be like the sand and the stars.’

OET-LV Who contrary _to hope, in hope believed, in _order that to _become him the_father of _many nations, according _to the message having _been _spoken:
Thus will _be the descendants of _you.

ULT who against hope believed on the basis of hope so that he might become the father of many nations according to what, was said, “So will your seed be.”

UST Abraham trusted in God by hoping in God despite what seemed hopeless. As a result, he became the spiritual ancestor for numerous people groups. This happened just as God had promised him in the Scriptures: “The people who descend from you will become as numerous as the stars in the sky.”

BSB Against all hope, [Abraham] in hope believed and so became [the] father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So {shall} your offspring be.”[fn]

MSB Against all hope, [Abraham] in hope believed and so became [the] father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So {shall} your offspring be.”[fn]

BLB who against hope, in hope believed, for him to become the father of many nations, according to that having been spoken, "So shall your offspring be."

AICNT In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”[fn]

OEB With no ground for hope, Abraham, sustained by hope, put faith in God; in order that, in fulfilment of the words – “So many will your descendants be,” he might become “the father of many nations.”

WEBBE & WMBB Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”

NET Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, “ so will your descendants be.”

LSV Who, against hope, believed in hope, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: “So will your seed be”;

FBV Against all hope Abraham in hope trusted God, so he could become the father of many peoples, just as God had promised him: “This is how many descendants you'll have!”[fn]

TCNT Against all hope Abraham believed in hope that he would become the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: “So shall yoʋr offspring be.”

T4T God guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants. Abraham confidently believed that God would do that,even though there was no physical reason for him to hope that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. God said to Abraham, “You will have so many descendants that they will be as impossible to count as the stars.” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups.

LEB who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, “so will your descendants be.”[fn]

BBE Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

Moff For Abraham, when hope was gone, hoped on in faith, and thus became the father of many nations — even as he was told, So numberless shall your offspring be.

Wymth Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words "Equally numerous shall your posterity be."

ASV Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.

DRA Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be.

YLT Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: 'So shall thy seed be;'

Drby who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:

RV Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.
(Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy/your seed be.)

SLT Who against hope believed upon hope, for him to become father of many nations, according to that said, So shall thy seed be.

Wbstr Who against hope believed with hope, that he should become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

KJB-1769 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
(Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy/your seed be.)

KJB-1611 Who against hope, beleeued in hope, that hee might become the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seede bee.
(Who against hope, believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken, So shall thy/your seed bee.)

Bshps Who contrary to hope, beleued in hope, that he shoulde be the father of many nations, accordyng to that which was spoken: so shall thy seede be.
(Who contrary to hope, believed in hope, that he should be the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken: so shall thy/your seed be.)

Gnva Which Abraham aboue hope, beleeued vnder hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy seede be.
(Which Abraham above hope, believed under hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy/your seed be.)

Cvdl And he beleued vpo hope, where nothinge was to hope, that he shulde be a father of many Heythen. Acordinge as it was sayde vnto him:
(And he believed upon hope, where nothing was to hope, that he should be a father of many Heathen. According as it was said unto him:)

TNT Which Abraham contrary to hope beleved in hope that he shuld be the father of many nacions accordynge to that which was spoken: So shall thy seed be.
(Which Abraham contrary to hope believed in hope that he should be the father of many nations according to that which was spoken: So shall thy/your seed be.)

Wycl Which Abraham ayens hope bileuede in to hope, that he schulde be maad fader of many folkis, as it was seid to hym, Thus schal thi seed be, as the sterris of heuene, and as the grauel that is in the brenke of the see.
(Which Abraham against hope believed in to hope, that he should be made fader of many folks/people, as it was said to him, Thus shall thy/your seed be, as the stars of heaven, and as the gravel that is in the brenke of the sea.)

Luth Und er hat geglaubet auf Hoffnung, da nichts zu hoffen war, auf daß er würde ein Vater vieler Heiden, wie denn zu ihm gesagt ist: Also soll dein Same sein.
(And he has believed on/in/to hope(n), there nothing to/for hope(v) was, on/in/to that he would a father many heathens, as/like because/than to/for him said is: So should your(s) seed be.)

ClVg qui contra spem in spem credidit, ut fieret pater multarum gentium secundum quod dictum est ei: Sic erit semen tuum.[fn]
(who/which on_the_contrary hope in/into/on hope believed, as would_be_done father many of_Gentile_nations after/second that said it_is to_him: So will_be seed your(sg).)

SR-GNT Ὃς παρʼ ἐλπίδα, ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν, εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, “Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.” ‡

UGNT ὃς παρ’ ἐλπίδα, ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν, εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.

SBL-GNT ὃς παρʼ ἐλπίδα ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον· Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου·

RP-GNT Ὃς παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν, εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.

TC-GNT ὃς παρ᾽ ἐλπίδα ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου.