Hebrews 7:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ but this one became a priest with an oath because of 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For those who formerly became priests received their office without its being confirmed by the taking of an oath by God, but this One was designated and addressed and saluted with an oath, The Lord has sworn and will not regret it or change His mind, You are a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. [Ps. 110:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ (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);

Common English Bible

²¹ but this priest was affirmed with a solemn pledge by the one who said, “The Lord has made a solemn pledge ” “and will not change his mind: ” “You are a priest forever.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But this man was made a priest with an oath, by the One who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and he will not repent. You are a priest forever."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever.)

Hebrews 7:21 Cross References

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being, that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he promised, and will he not do it? Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Romans 11:29

for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Hebrews 5:6

as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:17

For it is attested of him, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:20

This was confirmed with an oath, for others have become priests without an oath,

Hebrews 7:23

Furthermore, the former priests were many in number because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,

Hebrews 7:28

For the law appoints as high priests humans, who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.

1 Samuel 15:29

Moreover, the Glory of Israel will not deceive or change his mind, for he is not a mortal, that he should change his mind.”