7And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater.


In Context

4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!

5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people--that is, their brothers--even though their brothers are descended from Abraham.

6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

7 And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater.

8 In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.

9 One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,

Hebrews 7:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:7And without all contradiction, that which is less, is blessed by the better.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:7But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7But beyond all gainsaying, the inferior is blessed by the better.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:7But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed by the better.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.