Romans Chapter 4 verse 17 Holy Bible
(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.
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(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.
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(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;
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Before him.--Rather, in the presence of. These words are to be connected closely with those which precede the parenthesis: "Who stands as the father of us all in the presence of that God in whom he believed." Abraham is regarded as (so to speak) confronting the Almighty, as he had done when the promise was first given to him.Who quickeneth.--"Who gives life to that which is dead, and issues His fiat to that which is not as though it were." The words have reference, in the first instance, to the dealings of God with Abraham, described in the verses that follow--(1) to the overruling of the laws of nature indicated in Romans 4:19; (2) to the declaration, "So shall thy seed be." There is, however, also an undercurrent of reference to the calling of the Gentiles: "I will call them My people which were not My people, and her beloved which was not beloved."Parallel Commentaries ...GreekAsκαθὼς (kathōs)AdverbStrong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.it is written:γέγραπται (gegraptai)Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.“I have madeτέθεικά (tetheika)Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularStrong's 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.youσε (se)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person SingularStrong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.a fatherΠατέρα (Patera)Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.of manyπολλῶν (pollōn)Adjective - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 4183: Much, many; often. nations.”ἐθνῶν (ethnōn)Noun - Genitive Neuter PluralStrong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.[He is our father] in the presence ofκατέναντι (katenanti)PrepositionStrong's 2713: Opposite, in front (of), over against. From kata and enanti; directly opposite.God,Θεοῦ (Theou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.in whomοὗ (hou)Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. he believed,ἐπίστευσεν (episteusen)Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.the [God who]τοῦ (tou)Article - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.gives lifeζωοποιοῦντος (zōopoiountos)Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 2227: To make that which was dead to live, cause to live, quicken. From the same as zoon and poieo; tovitalize.to theτοὺς (tous)Article - Accusative Masculine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.deadνεκροὺς (nekrous)Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralStrong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. callsκαλοῦντος (kalountos)Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'.[into] beingὄντα (onta)Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.whatτὰ (ta)Article - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.{does} notμὴ (mē)AdverbStrong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.yetὡς (hōs)AdverbStrong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.exist.ὄντα (onta)Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Neuter PluralStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.Jump to PreviousAbraham Abraham's Appointed Believed Calls Dead Descendants Existence Faith Forefather Gives Holy Life Makes Merely Nations Presence Promise Quickeneth Reviveth Righteous Sight Sure True. Writings Written
