Hebrews 7:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ But Christ became a priest with God’s vow. God said to him:

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 110:4

The Lord made a promise,\par and he will not change his mind.\par “You are a priest forever—\par the kind of priest Melchizedek was.”\par

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If the Lord says he will do something, then he will do it. If the Lord makes a promise, then he will do the thing he promised.

Romans 11:29

God never changes his mind about the people he calls and the things he gives them. And God never takes back his call to the people.

Hebrews 5:6

And in another part \{of the Scriptures {\cf2\super [40]} \} God says,

Hebrews 7:17

\{The Scriptures {\cf2\super [69]} \} say this about him: “You are a priest forever—the kind of priest Melchizedek was.” {\cf2\super [70]}

Hebrews 7:20

Also, it is important that God made a vow (promise) when he made Jesus high priest. {\cf2\super [71]} When those other men became priests, there was no vow.

Hebrews 7:23

Also, when one of those other priests died, he could not continue being a priest. So there were many of those priests.

Hebrews 7:28

The law chooses high priests who are people and have the same weaknesses as people. But God made a promise that came after the law. God spoke those words with a vow (promise), and those words made the Son of God to be the high priest. And that Son has been made perfect forever.

1 Samuel 15:29

The Lord is the God of Israel. The Lord lives forever. The Lord does not lie or change his mind. The Lord is not like a man who changes his mind.”