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.


In Context

13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.

14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

16 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.

17 For it is declared: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."

18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble 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.