Hebrews 7:16 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,
English ASV
who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:
English Amplified
Who has been constituted a Priest, not on the basis of a bodily legal requirement [an externally imposed command concerning His physical ancestry], but on the basis of the power of an endless and indestructible Life.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Who has been constituted a Priest, not on the basis of a bodily legal requirement [an externally imposed command concerning His physical ancestry], but on the basis of the power of an endless and indestructible Life.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.
English EASY 2024
Jesus did not become a priest because of a law about which family he came from. He became God's priest because of his powerful life that nothing could ever destroy.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
He was made a priest, but not because he met the requirement of being born into the right family. He became a priest by the power of a life that will never end.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
He was made a priest, not by human rules and regulations, but through the power of a life which has no end.
English God's Word - GW 1995
That person is a priest, not because he met human requirements, but because he has power that comes from a life that cannot be destroyed.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
who doesn't become a [priest] based on a legal command concerning physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.
English KJV 1611
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
English LSB
who has become such not according to a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
who becomes a priest not by a law pertaining to ancestry, but by the power of an endless life.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
who has become so, not by a law expressed in a commandment concerning physical descent but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
He has not become a priest because of a rule about his family line. He has become a priest because of his powerful life. His life can never be destroyed.
English NIV
one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
English NKJ 1982
who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.
English NLT
He became a priest, not by meeting the old requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
one who has become a priest, not through a legal requirement concerning physical descent, but through the power of an indestructible life.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
This King-Priest did not arise because of a genealogical right under the law to be a priest, but by the power of an indestructible, resurrection life!
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
who has become a priest, not according to a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
did not become a priest by meeting the old requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but on the basis of power flowing from a life that cannot end.
English Tyndale 1537
which is not made after the law of the carnal commandment: but after the power of the endless life.