Hebrews 2:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Of course, he isn’t trying to help angels, but rather he’s helping Abraham’s descendants.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ For no where doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.

Hebrews 2:16 Cross References

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,