Romans 4:17
King James Version
17 (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.
What does "quickeneth" mean?
Other Bible versions tell us more about this power ascribed to GOD:
Romans 4:17
American Standard Version
17 (as it is written, [a]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.
Romans 4:17
Contemporary English Version
17 The Scriptures say that Abraham would become the ancestor of many nations. This promise was made to Abraham because he had faith in God, who raises the dead to life and creates new things.
Romans 4:17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
17 just as it has been written [in Gen 17:5] that “I have made you a father of many nations”— before God[a] Whom he believed, the One giving-life-to the dead and calling the things not being as[b] being,
Romans 4:17
Evangelical Heritage Version
17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[a]
Abraham’s Faith Was a Firm Trust in God’s Promise
In the presence of God, Abraham believed him who makes the dead alive and calls non-existing things so that they exist.
Romans 4:17
GOD’S WORD Translation
17 as Scripture says: “I have made you a father of many nations.”
Abraham believed when he stood in the presence of the God who gives life to dead people and calls into existence things that don’t even exist.
Romans 4:17
Good News Translation
17 as the scripture says, “I have made you father of many nations.” So the promise is good in the sight of God, in whom Abraham believed—the God who brings the dead to life and whose command brings into being what did not exist.
Romans 4:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations.[a] He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.
Romans 4:17
J.B. Phillips New Testament
as the scripture says: ‘I have made you a father of many nations’. This faith is valid because of the existence of God himself, who can make the dead live, and speak his Word to those who are yet unborn
Romans 4:17
Lexham English Bible
17 (just as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”)[a] before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as though they are,
Romans 4:17
Living Bible
17 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say that God made Abraham the father of many nations. God will accept all people in every nation who trust God as Abraham did. And this promise is from God himself, who makes the dead live again and speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past.
Romans 4:17
Modern English Version
17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”[a]) before God whom he believed, and who raises the dead, and calls those things that do not exist as though they did.
Romans 4:17
New Life Version
17 The Holy Writings say, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This promise is good because of Who God is. He makes the dead live again. He speaks, and something is made out of nothing.
Romans 4:17
New Living Translation
17 That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.”[a] This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.
Kehillah in Rome 4:17
Orthodox Jewish Bible
17 as it is written, AV HAMON GOYIM N’TATICHA ("I have made you father of many nations" BERESHIS 17:5). This was in the sight of Hashem in whom "he believed," G-d who gives Chayyim to the Mesim and calls things which have no existence into existence.
Romans 4:17
Revised Geneva Translation
17 (as it is written: “I have made you a Father of many nations.”) before God, Whom he believed, Who quickens the dead, and calls those things which are not as though they were;
Romans 4:17
The Voice
17 As it is recorded in the Scriptures, “I have appointed you the father of many nations.”[a] In the presence of the God who creates out of nothing and holds the power to bring to life what is dead, Abraham believed and so became our father.
Romans 4:17
Worldwide English (New Testament)
17 the holy writings say, `I have made you the father of many nations.' Abraham was made the father of many nations by God. He believed God. He believed that God could make dead people live. He believed God when he said that things were true even though they had not happened yet.
Romans 4:17
Young's Literal Translation
17 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.
In SUMMARY, "quickeneth" means:
who giveth life to the dead
who raises the dead to life
One giving-life-to the dead
who makes the dead alive
who gives life to dead people
who brings the dead to life
who gives life to the dead
who can make the dead live
who makes the dead alive
who makes the dead live again
who raises the dead
makes the dead live again
who brings the dead back to life
who gives Chayyim to the Mesim
Who quickens the dead
holds the power to bring to life what is dead
make dead people live
who is quickening the dead
The "quickeneth" verse from JESUS:
John 6:63
King James Version
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you,
they are spirit,
and they are life.
