Hebrews 2:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For verily not of angels doth he take hold, but he taketh hold of the seed of Abraham.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For, as we all know, He [Christ] did not take hold of angels [the fallen angels, to give them a helping and delivering hand], but He did take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [to reach out to them a helping and delivering hand]. [Isa. 41:8, 9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.

Common English Bible

Of course, he isn’t trying to help angels, but rather he’s helping Abraham’s descendants.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For at no time did he take hold of the Angels, but instead he took hold of the offspring of Abraham.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For no where doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.

Hebrews 2:16 Krydshenvisninger

Genesis 22:18

and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Romans 2:25

For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

Galatians 3:16

Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Galatians 3:29

And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

Hebrews 12:10

For they verily for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

Hebrews 2:15

and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Hebrews 2:17

Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 6:16

For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

1 Peter 1:20

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,