9For this was how the promise was stated: "At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."


In Context

6 It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned."

8 In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.

9 For this was how the promise was stated: "At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

10 Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father Isaac.

11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad--in order that God's purpose in election might stand:

Romans 9:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:9For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:9For this is the word of promise: According to this time will I come; and Sara shall have a son.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:9For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9For this word is of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:9For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9For this is a word of promise, |At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:9for the word of promise is this; 'According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.