Romans 4:18

Abraham Receives the Promise

17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. 18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”19Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

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Berean Standard Bible
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
American Standard Version (1901)
Who 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.
Bible in Basic English
Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Who 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.
Free Bible Version
Against all hope Abraham in hope trusted God, so he could become the father of many peoples, just as God had promised him: “This is how many descendants you'll have!”
Geneva Bible 1599
Which Abraham aboue hope, beleeued vnder hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy seede be.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
even though there was no physical reason for him to hope that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. God said to Abraham, “You will have so many descendants that they will be as impossible to count as the stars.” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In hope he believed against hope, that he would become the father of many nations, according to what he had been told, “So will your descendants be.”
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”
Young's Literal Translation
Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: 'So shall thy seed be;'