Romans 4:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRomans 4:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καθὼς
kathṓs
G2531
according as
γέγραπται
gráphō
G1125
to write
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
πατέρα
patḗr
G3962
father
πολλῶν
polýs
G4183
many
ἐθνῶν
éthnos
G1484
nation
τέθεικά
títhēmi
G5087
to place
σε
sý
G4771
you
κατέναντι
katénanti
G2713
opposite
οὗ
hós
G3739
who
ἐπίστευσεν
pisteúō
G4100
to believe
θεοῦ
theós
G2316
God
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ζῳοποιοῦντος
zōopoiéō
G2227
to make alive
τοὺς
ho
G3588
the
νεκροὺς
nekrós
G3498
dead
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
καλοῦντος
kaléō
G2564
to call
τὰ
ho
G3588
the
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
ὄντα
eimí
G1510
to be
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
ὄντα
eimí
G1510
to be
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
Layout
-
World English Bible Public Domain
As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
-
King James Version Public Domain
(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.
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
just as it is written, “I have appointed you the father of many nations,” in the presence of God whom he trusted, the one making the dead ones live and calling the things not existing as existing;
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).