Romans 4:17 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁷ as it has been written, “I have made you a father of many nations” – in the presence of Him whom he believed, even Elohim, who gives life to the dead and calls that which does not exist as existing,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed. [Gen. 17:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ As it is written: “I have appointed you to be the father of many nations.” So Abraham is our father in the eyes of God in whom he had faith, the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that don’t exist into existence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ in whom he believed, who revives the dead and who calls those things that do not exist into existence. For it is written: "I have established you as the father of many nations."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations,) before God, whom he believed, who quickeneth the dead; and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

Romans 4:17 Cross References

Genesis 17:16

“And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”

Genesis 17:20

“And as for Yishma‛ĕl, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and shall make him fruitful, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation.

Genesis 28:3

And Ěl Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful and increase you, and you shall become an assembly of peoples,”

Isaiah 43:6

“I shall say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth –

Isaiah 44:7

And who is like Me? Let him call and declare it, and lay it before Me, since I appointed the everlasting people. And the events that are coming and those that do come, let them declare these to them.

Isaiah 48:13

“Also, My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand has stretched out the heavens. I call to them, let them stand together.

Isaiah 49:12

“See, these come from far away, and see, those from the north and the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”

Isaiah 51:2

“Look to Aḇraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you. For he was alone when I called him, and I blessed him and increased him.

Isaiah 55:12

“For with joy you go out, and with peace you are brought in – the mountains and the hills break forth into singing before you, and all the trees of the field clap the hands.

Matthew 3:9

and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Aḇraham as father.’ For I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children to Aḇraham from these stones.

John 5:21

“For as the Father raises the dead and makes alive, even so the Son makes alive whom He wishes.

John 5:25

“Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Elohim. And those having heard shall live.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh does not profit at all. The words that I speak to you are Spirit and are life.

Acts 15:18

who has made this known from of old.

Romans 3:29

Or is He the Elohim of the Yehuḏim only, and not also of the nations? Yes, of the nations also,

Romans 4:18

who against all expectation did believe, in expectation, so that he should become father of many nations, according to what was said, “So shall your seed be.”

Romans 4:2

For if Aḇraham was declared right by works, he has ground for boasting, but not before Elohim.

Romans 8:11

And if the Spirit of Him who raised יהושע from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Messiah from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit dwelling in you.

Romans 9:11

Yet, before they were born or had done any good or evil – in order that the purpose of Elohim, according to choice, might stand, not of works but of Him who calls –

Romans 9:26

“And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ there they shall be called sons of the living Elohim.”

1 Corinthians 1:28

And Elohim has chosen the low-born of the world and the despised, and the ones that are not, that He might bring to naught the ones that are,

1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it has been written, “The first man Aḏam became a living being,” the last Aḏam a life-giving Spirit.

1 Timothy 6:13

In the sight of Elohim who gives life to all, and of Messiah יהושע who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you:

Hebrews 11:12

And so from one, and him as good as dead, were born as numerous as the stars of the heaven, as countless as the sand which is by the seashore.

Hebrews 11:3

By belief, we understand that the ages were prepared by the word of Elohim, so that what is seen was not made of what is visible.

Hebrews 11:7

By belief, Noaḥ, having been warned of what was yet unseen, having feared, prepared an ark to save his house, through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to belief.

1 Peter 2:10

who once were not a people, but now the people of Elohim; who had not obtained compassion, but now obtained compassion.

2 Peter 3:8

But, beloved ones, let not this one matter be hidden from you: that with יהוה one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.