18Who against hope believed with hope, that he should become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.


In Context

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 reviveth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as though they were.

18 Who against hope believed with hope, that he should 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 a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.

20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

Romans 4:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Who 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Who 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Who 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Who 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18Who 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 will your seed be.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: 'So shall thy seed be;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your seed be.