Following are a number of back-translations of Romans 4:18:

• Uma: “Although there was no longer any hope for Abraham to have children, he kept believing and hoping in God. He believed God’s promise to him that said: he would become the father of many people all over the world. For before Abraham had any children, God said to him: ‘Your (sing.) descendants will be like the stars in the sky in number.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Ibrahim believed God’s promise and even though he had nothing to expect/hope for, he really yet continued-to-expect that God’s promise would be fulfilled. Therefore it finally was fulfilled and he became the parent of many-nations/tribes. As God has promised him, it is said in the holy-book, ‘Your descendants will be very many like the stars.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And as for Abraham, even though that at that time it seemed that it was not possible that the promise of God to him could be fulfilled, he believed just the same what God had said, that he would have an offspring and that he would become the ancestor of very many people. For God said to him that his descendants would be as many as the stars in Heaven.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Abraham believed, hoping that what God promised him would surely be fulfilled, even though it was as if it was impossible to be fulfilled. Thus he became the ancestor of people in many countries according to what God had told him saying, ‘The number (lit. quantity of the number) of your (sing.) descendants will be like the stars.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “God told Abraham that he would have a child. This child would have descendants increase all over the world, and they would not be able to be counted as to how many they were. Abraham didn’t know how this could be. But concerning this word God said, he believed that it would happen .” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)