11 translations · Greek
Romans 8:24
For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
Romans 8:24 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
- KJV King James Version
- For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
- ASV American Standard Version
- For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what anyone beholds, why does he also hope for [it]?
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For we were saved by hope. Yet hope that's already seen isn't hope at all. Who hopes for what they can already see?
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for [it]?
- DBY Darby Translation
- For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For we are saved by hope: But hope that is seen, is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τῇ | tē | in this | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἐλπίδι | elpidi | hope | G1680 ἐλπίς hope |
| ἐσώθημεν | esōthēmen | we were saved | G4982 σῴζω to save |
| ἐλπὶς | elpis | hope | G1680 ἐλπίς hope |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| βλεπομένη | blepomenē | that is seen | G991 βλέπω to see |
| οὐκ | ouk | no | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἔστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἐλπίς | elpis | hope [at all] | G1680 ἐλπίς hope |
| ὃ | ho | what | G3739 ὅς which |
| γὰρ | gar | — | G1063 γάρ for |
| βλέπει | blepei | he can already see | G991 βλέπω to see |
| τις | tis | [Who] | G5101 τίς which? |
| τί | ti | — | G5101 τίς which? |
| ἐλπίζει | elpizei | hopes for | G1679 ἐλπίζω to hope/expect |
Related verses
- 2 Corinthians 5:7
for we walk by faith, not by sight.
- Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
- 2 Corinthians 4:18
while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
- 1 Peter 1:21
who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
- Romans 12:12
rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
- Romans 5:2
through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Hebrews 6:18–19
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
25 But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.
Read all of Romans 8 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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