Romans 4:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“(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.”
Romans 4:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Romans 4:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Romans 4:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.”
Romans 4:17 — World English Bible
Romans 4:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“(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. ”
Romans 4:17 — American Standard Version
Romans 4:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“who is father of us all (according as it hath been written--`A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe--God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.”
Romans 4:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Romans 4:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“(according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before theGod whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being; ”
Romans 4:17 — Darby Translation
Romans 4:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“(As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.”
Romans 4:17 — Geneva Bible
Romans 4:17 in Context — Romans 4
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
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.
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.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
What Does Romans 4:17 Mean?
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