Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Romans 4:18 - Tree of Life Version In hope beyond hope, he trusted that he would become the father of many nations according to what was spoken—“So shall your descendants be.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say: ‘Our bones are dried up; our hope is lost; we are cut off—by ourselves.’
Zechariah said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? I’m an old man, and my wife is well-advanced in age.”
So take heart, men, for I trust God that it will be exactly as I have been told.
(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”). He is our father in the sight of God in whom he trusted, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence that which does not exist.
And without becoming weak in faith, he considered his own body—as good as dead, since he was already a hundred years old—and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
And hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Ruach ha-Kodesh who was given to us.
For in hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
We have this hope as an anchor of the soul, both firm and steady—a hope that enters the inner place behind the curtain.