Romans 4:18 - The Scriptures 2009

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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ [For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be. [Gen. 15:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ When it was beyond hope, he had faith in the hope that he would become the father of many nations, in keeping with the promise God spoke to him: “That’s how many descendants you will have.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he believed, with a hope beyond hope, so that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was said to him: "Thus shall your posterity shall be."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ 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.

Romans 4:18 Cross References

Proverbs 13:12

Expectancy drawn out makes the heart sick, But a longing come true is a tree of life.

Ezekiel 37:11

And He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Yisra’ĕl. See, they say, ‘Our bones are dry, our expectancy has perished, and we ourselves have been cut off!’

Luke 1:18

And Zeḵaryah said to the messenger, “By what shall I know this? For I am old, and my wife advanced in years.”

Acts 27:25

“Therefore take courage, men, for I believe Elohim that it shall be according to the way it was spoken to me.

Romans 4:17

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,

Romans 4:19

And not having grown weak in belief, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb,

Romans 5:5

And expectation does not disappoint, because the love of Elohim has been poured out in our hearts by the Set-apart Spirit which was given to us.

Romans 8:24

For in this expectation we were saved, but expectation that is seen is not expectation, for when anyone sees, does he expect it?

Hebrews 6:19

which we have as an anchor of the life, both safe and firm, and entering into that within the veil,