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Hebrews 7:17
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KJ21
For He testifieth: “Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”
ASV
for it is witnessed of him, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
AMP
For it is attested [by God] of Him, “You (Christ) are a Priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
AMPC
For it is witnessed of Him, You are a Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek.
BRG
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
CSB
For it has been testified: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
CSBA
For it has been testified: You are a priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.
CEB
This is confirmed: You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
CJB
For it is stated, “You are a cohen FOREVER, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.”
CEV
The Scriptures say about him, “You are a priest forever, just like Melchizedek.”
DARBY
For it is borne witness, *Thou* art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.
DLNT
For it is attested that “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” [Ps 110:4].
DRA
For he testifieth: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.
ERV
This is what the Scriptures say about him: “You are a priest forever—the kind of priest Melchizedek was.”
EASY
The Bible speaks about him as a priest like this: ‘You will be a priest for ever, in the same way that Melchizedek was God's priest.’
EHV
For it has been testified in Scripture about him: You are a priest forever, like Melchizedek.
ESV
For it is witnessed of him, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
ESVUK
For it is witnessed of him, “You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
EXB
[L For] It is said about him, “You are a priest forever, ·a priest like [L in the priestly order/line of] Melchizedek [Ps. 110:4; Heb. 5:6, 10].”
GNV
For he testifieth thus, Thou art a Priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
GW
The Scriptures say the following about him: “You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.”
GNT
For the scripture says, “You will be a priest forever, in the priestly order of Melchizedek.”
HCSB
For it has been testified: You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
ICB
In the Scriptures, this is said about him: “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:4
ISV
For it is declared about him, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
PHILLIPS
How fundamental is this change becomes all the more apparent when we see this other priest appearing according to the Melchizedek pattern, and deriving his priesthood not by virtue of a command imposed from outside, but from the power of indestructible life within. For the witness to him, as we have seen, is: ‘You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.’
JUB
for the testimony is of this manner, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
KJV
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
AKJV
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
LSB
For it is witnessed about Him, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
LEB
For it is testified, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
TLB
And the psalmist points this out when he says of Christ, “You are a priest forever with the rank of Melchizedek.”
MSG
But the Melchizedek story provides a perfect analogy: Jesus, a priest like Melchizedek, not by genealogical descent but by the sheer force of resurrection life—he lives!—“priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek.” The former way of doing things, a system of commandments that never worked out the way it was supposed to, was set aside; the law brought nothing to maturity. Another way—Jesus!—a way that does work, that brings us right into the presence of God, is put in its place.
MEV
For He testifies: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
MOUNCE
For it is attested of him, “You are a priest for all time, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
NOG
The Scriptures say the following about him: “You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.”
NABRE
For it is testified: “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
NASB
For it is attested of Him, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
NASB1995
For it is attested of Him, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
NCB
For it is attested of him: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
NCV
It is said about him, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:4
NET
For here is the testimony about him: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
NIRV
Scripture says, “You are a priest forever, just like Melchizedek.” (Psalm 110:4)
NIV
For it is declared: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
NIVUK
For it is declared: ‘You are a priest for ever, in the order of Melchizedek.’
NKJV
For He testifies: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
NLV
The Holy Writings say this about Christ, “You are a Religious Leader forever like Melchizedek.”
NLT
And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
NMB
For he testifies: You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
NRSVA
For it is attested of him, ‘You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’
NRSVACE
For it is attested of him, ‘You are a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’
NRSVCE
For it is attested of him, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
NRSVUE
For it is attested of him, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
NTFE
What scripture says about him, after all, is, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
OJB
For of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach comes the solemn eidus, "ATAH KOHEN L’OLAM AL DIVRATI MALKI TZEDEK" ("You are a kohen forever according to the order of Malki Tzedek" TEHILLIM 110:4).
RGT
For He testifies, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
RSV
For it is witnessed of him, “Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchiz′edek.”
RSVCE
For it is witnessed of him, “Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchiz′edek.”
TLV
For it is testified, “You are a kohen forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
VOICE
Remember, the psalmist says, You are a priest forever— in the honored order of Melchizedek.
WEB
for it is testified, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
WE
This is what the holy writings say about him, `You are a priest for ever, like Melchizedek.'
WYC
For he witnesseth, That thou art a priest without end, by the order of Melchisedec; [Soothly he witnesseth, For thou art a priest into without end, after the order of Melchisedec;]
YLT
for He doth testify -- `Thou [art] a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'
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