Romans 4:17
“(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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Romans 4:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
(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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
(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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
as scripture says — ‘I have made you the Father of many nations.’) And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
"Ich habe dich zum Vater vieler Nationen gesetzt") vor dem Gott, welchem er glaubte, der die Toten lebendig macht und das Nichtseiende ruft, wie wenn es da wäre;
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
(Como está escrito: Que por padre de muchas gentes te he puesto) delante de Dios, al cual creyó; el cual da vida á los muertos, y llama las cosas que no son, como las que son.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
(como está escrito: “Eu te constituí pai de muitas nações”) diante daquele em quem ele creu, Deus, que vivifica os mortos, e chama as coisas que não são como se já fossem.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
como está escrito: "Eu te constituí pai de muitas nações". Abraão estava na presença Daquele em Quem confiou, ou seja, Deus, o qual dá vida aos mortos e chama as coisas que não existem à existência.
📖 Romans 4:17 in Context
15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16Therefore 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.
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.
19And 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:
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