Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Romans 4:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [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) 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 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 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 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. |
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb:
and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost which was given unto us.
For by hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?
which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;