Romans 4:1 (NLT)

Romans 4:17 - That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.”[fn] This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.

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Translations for Romans 4:17

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

(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.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”[fn]) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.”[fn] This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[fn] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations — in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

(as it is written: “I HAVE MADE YOU A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that do not exist.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

(as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and [fn]calls into being that which does not exist.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”—in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and [fn]calls into being that which does not exist.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

(as it is written [in Scripture], “I HAVE MADE YOU A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS”) in the sight of Him in whom he believed, that is, God [fn]who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed - the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"--in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

(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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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.

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

(according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being;

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations) before him whom he believed, even God, who reviveth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as though they were.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

sicut scriptum est quia patrem multarum gentium posui te ante Deum cui credidit qui vivificat mortuos et vocat quae non sunt tamquam ea quae sunt

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

كَمَا قَدْ كُتِبَ: «إِنِّي جَعَلْتُكَ أَباً لأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.» (إِنَّهُ أَبٌ لَنَا) فِي نَظَرِ اللهِ الَّذِي بِهِ آمَنَ، الَّذِي يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَيَسْتَدْعِي إِلَى الْوُجُودِ مَا كَانَ غَيْرَ مَوْجُودٍ.

MGNTMGNT (read chapter in MGNT)

καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίστευσεν θεοῦ τοῦ ζῳοποιοῦντος τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα

TRTR (read chapter in TR)

καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι Πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίστευσεν θεοῦ τοῦ ζῳοποιοῦντος τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα·

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ:«إِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ أَبًا لأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ». أَمَامَ اللهِ الَّذِي آمَنَ بِهِ، الَّذِي يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى، وَيَدْعُو الأَشْيَاءَ غَيْرَ الْمَوْجُودَةِ كَأَنَّهَا مَوْجُودَةٌ.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

(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.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

(como está escrito: Te he puesto por padre de muchas gentes) delante de Dios, a quien creyó, el cual da vida a los muertos, y llama las cosas que no son, como si fuesen.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

亞伯拉罕所信的、是那叫死人復活使無變為有的　神、他在主面前作我們世人的父．如經上所記、『我已經立你作多國的父。』

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

--como está escrito: Te he puesto por padre de muchas naciones-- delante de Dios, a quien él creyó, quien vivifica a los muertos y llama a las cosas que no existen como si existieran.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

기록된바 내가 너를 많은 민족의 조상으로 세웠다 하심과 같으니 그의 믿은바 하나님은 죽은 자를 살리시며 없는 것을 있는 것 같이 부르시는 이시니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Je t'ai établi père d'un grand nombre de nations. Il est notre père devant celui auquel il a cru, Dieu, qui donne la vie aux morts, et qui appelle les choses qui ne sont point comme si elles étaient.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

(wie geschrieben steht: "Ich habe dich gesetzt zum Vater vieler Völker") vor Gott, dem er geglaubt hat, der da lebendig macht die Toten und ruft dem, was nicht ist, daß es sei.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

(как написано: Я поставил тебя отцом многих народов) пред Богом, Которому он поверил, животворящим мертвых и называющим несуществующее, как существующее.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Como está escrito: Que por padre de muchos gentiles te he puesto delante de Dios, al cual creyó; el cual da vida a los muertos, y llama las cosas que no son, como las que son.

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(4:17)

Gen 17:5.

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