Hebrews 7:21
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Hebrews 7:21 in other translations
| BSB | but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’” |
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| WEB | (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, “The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’” |
| ASV | (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever); |
| YLT | and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, ‘The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest--to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;') |
| DARBY | (for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent of it, Thou art priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec;) |
| BBE | (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever); |
| Webster | (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) |
What does Hebrews 7:21 mean?
Barnes' Notes
But this with an oath. This priest, the Lord Jesus, became a priest in virtue of an oath.
The Lord sware. Heb 6:3.
The reference here is to Ps 110:4 "The Lord hath sworn." and will not repent. That is, will not regret, or will not alter his mind through regret--for this is the meaning of the Greek word.
(2) "an oath" "swearing of an oath" (e) "The Lord sware" Rom 5:2
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 7:11-25
The priesthood and law by which perfection could not come, are done away; a Priest is risen, and a dispensation now set up, by which true believers may be made perfect. That there is such a change is plain. The law which made the Levitical priesthood, showed that the priests were frail, dying creatures, not able to save their own lives, much less could they save the souls of those who came to them. But the High…
Hebrews 7:21 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Hebrews 7:21
- Psalms 110:4
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 7:17
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 6:16-18
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- 1 Samuel 15:29
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
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Context
- Hebrews 7:20
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
- Hebrews 7:21
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
- Hebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Hebrews 7:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | (Porque los otros cierto sin juramento fueron hechos sacerdotes; mas éste, con juramento por el que le dijo: Juró el Señor, y no se arrepentirá: Tú eres sacerdote eternamente según el orden de Melchîsedec:) |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | (car ceux-là sont devenus sacrificateurs sans serment, mais celui-ci l’est devenu avec serment, par celui qui a dit de lui: « Le ✶Seigneur a juré et ne se repentira pas: Tu es sacrificateur pour l’éternité selon l’ordre de Melchisédec »), |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | , |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | hic autem cum jurejurando per eum, qui dixit ad illum: Juravit Dominus, et non pœnitebit eum: tu es sacerdos in æternum): |