Romans 4:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRomans 4:18 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 →
ὃς
hós
G3739
who
παρ’
pará
G3844
from
ἐλπίδα
elpís
G1680
hope
ἐπ’
epí
G1909
upon
ἐλπίδι
elpís
G1680
hope
ἐπίστευσεν
pisteúō
G4100
to believe
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
γενέσθαι
gínomai
G1096
to become
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
πατέρα
patḗr
G3962
father
πολλῶν
polýs
G4183
many
ἐθνῶν
éthnos
G1484
nation
κατὰ
katá
G2596
down
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
εἰρημένον
eréō
G2046
to speak
οὕτως
hoútō
G3779
thus
ἔσται
eimí
G1510
to be
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
σπέρμα
spérma
G4690
seed
σου
sý
G4771
you
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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 will your seed be."
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
who against hope believed on the basis of hope so that he might become the father of many nations according to what said, “So will your seed be.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).