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Hebrews 6:20
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KJ21
where the Forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, who is made a high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
ASV
whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
AMP
where Jesus has entered [in advance] as a forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
AMPC
Where Jesus has entered in for us [in advance], a Forerunner having become a High Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek.
BRG
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
CSB
Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because he has become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
CSBA
Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because he has become a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.
CEB
That’s where Jesus went in advance and entered for us, since he became a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
CJB
where a forerunner has entered on our behalf, namely, Yeshua, who has become a cohen gadol forever, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.
CEV
Jesus has gone there ahead of us, and he is our high priest forever, just like Melchizedek.
DARBY
where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.
DLNT
where a forerunner for us went in— Jesus— having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
DRA
Where the forerunner Jesus is entered for us, made a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
ERV
Jesus has already entered there and opened the way for us. He has become the high priest forever, just like Melchizedek.
EASY
Jesus has already gone in there. He has gone there before us, on our behalf. He has become our special priest for ever, in the same way that Melchizedek was God's priest.
EHV
where Jesus entered ahead of us on our behalf, because he became a high priest forever like Melchizedek.
ESV
where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
ESVUK
where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
EXB
where Jesus has gone ·ahead of us [L as a forerunner] ·and for us [on our behalf]. He has become the high priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek [Ps. 110:4; Heb. 5:6, 10; 7:1–17].
GNV
Whither the forerunner is for us entered in, even Jesus that is made an high Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
GW
where Jesus went before us on our behalf. He has become the chief priest forever in the way Melchizedek was a priest.
GNT
On our behalf Jesus has gone in there before us and has become a high priest forever, in the priestly order of Melchizedek.
HCSB
Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
ICB
Jesus has gone in there ahead of us and for us. He has become the high priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.
ISV
where Jesus, our forerunner, has gone on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
PHILLIPS
Among men it is customary to swear by something greater than themselves. And if a statement is confirmed by an oath, that is the end of all quibbling. So in this matter, God, wishing to show beyond doubt that his plan was unchangeable, confirmed it with an oath. So that by two utterly immutable things, the word of God and the oath of God, who cannot lie, we who are refugees from this dying world might have a source of strength, and might grasp the hope that he holds out to us. This hope we hold as the utterly reliable anchor for our souls, fixed in the very certainty of God himself in Heaven, where Jesus has already entered on our behalf, having become, as we have seen, “High Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek”.
JUB
where our precursor, Jesus, has entered for us and is made high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
KJV
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
AKJV
whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
LSB
where a forerunner has entered for us—Jesus, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
LEB
where Jesus, the forerunner for us, entered, because he became a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
TLB
where Christ has gone ahead to plead for us from his position as our High Priest, with the honor and rank of Melchizedek.
MSG
When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it all the way, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, “I promise that I’ll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!” Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they’ll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can’t break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek.
MEV
This is where Jesus has entered for us as a forerunner, since He has become the everlasting High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.
MOUNCE
where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner, having become a high priest for all time according to the order of Melchizedek.
NOG
where Yeshua went before us on our behalf. He has become the chief priest forever in the way Melchizedek was a priest.
NABRE
where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner, becoming high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NASB
where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NASB1995
where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NCB
where Jesus has entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NCV
where Jesus has gone ahead of us and for us. He has become the high priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.
NET
where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
NIRV
That is where Jesus has gone. He went there to open the way ahead of us. He has become a high priest forever, just like Melchizedek.
NIV
where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
NIVUK
where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest for ever, in the order of Melchizedek.
NKJV
where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NLV
Jesus has already gone there. He has become our Religious Leader forever and has made the way for man to go to God. He is like Melchizedek.
NLT
Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.
NMB
to where the forerunner has entered in for us – I mean Jesus, who is made a high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
NRSVA
where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NRSVACE
where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NRSVCE
where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NRSVUE
where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
NTFE
where Jesus has gone in ahead of us and on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
OJB
Where Yehoshua has entered as a foroisgeier (forerunner) on behalf of us, having become a KOHEN L’OLAM AL DIVRATI MALKI TZEDEK ("Kohen forever according to the order of Malki Tzedek" Ps 110:4).
RGT
where the forerunner, Jesus - Who was made High Priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek - has entered in for us.
RSV
where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchiz′edek.
RSVCE
where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchiz′edek.
TLV
Yeshua has entered there as a forerunner on our behalf, having become Kohen Gadol “forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
VOICE
and back into the place where Jesus, who went ahead on our behalf, has entered since He has become a High Priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
WEB
where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
WE
Jesus has gone there ahead of us. He has been made high priest for ever like Melchizedek.
WYC
where the before-goer, Jesus, that is made bishop without end by the order of Melchisedec, entered for us. [where the fore-goer for us entered in, Jesus, made bishop into without end after the order of Melchisedec.]
YLT
whither a forerunner for us did enter -- Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become -- to the age.
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