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Romans 4:10

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10How then was it credited? While he* was circumcisedf or uncircumcisedg? Not while circumcisedh but while uncircumcisedi!

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  1. *Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal
  2. fLiterally “in circumcision”
  3. gLiterally “in uncircumcision”
  4. hLiterally “in circumcision”
  5. iLiterally “in uncircumcision”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In what way, then, was it credited—while he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but uncircumcised.

NLTNew Living Translation

But how did this happen? Was he counted as righteous only after he was circumcised, or was it before he was circumcised? Clearly, God accepted Abraham before he was circumcised!

KJV 1900King James Version

How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.