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


In Context

15 for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither is transgression.

16 Because of this it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham,

17 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.

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

19 and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (being about a hundred years old,) and the deadness of Sarah's womb,

20 and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18Who 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.

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 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.