16who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.


In Context

13 For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has ever been attached to the service of the altar.

14 For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.

15 And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,

16 who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.

17 For it is borne witness, Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.

18 For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,

Hebrews 7:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:16one 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Who is made not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an indissoluble life:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.