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


In Context

13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.

14 Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

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

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

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

18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

Hebrews 2:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16For verily he took not on [him the nature of] angels; but he took on [him] the seed of Abraham.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:16For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:16For no where doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16For he does not indeed take hold of angels by the hand, but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:16For verily not of angels doth he take hold, but he taketh hold of the seed of Abraham.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16For most certainly, he doesn't give help to angels, but he gives help to the seed of Abraham.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:16for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:16For truly he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.