Hebrews 7:21

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

BSB

but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

WEB

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, “The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’”

YLT

and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, ‘The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest—to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;’)

F.O.G Original

(21) because they surely become priests without a vowed oath but He with a vowed oath by The One who said to Him, “יהוה YAHWEH HAS VOWED, YOU’RE A PRIEST INTO THE AGE.”

F.O.G

(21) because they surely become priests without a vowed oath but He with a vowed oath by The One who said to Him, “יהוה YAHWEH HAS VOWED, YOU’RE A PRIEST INTO THE AGE.”

F.O.G MSG

²¹but He became a priest with an oath when God said to Him: Yahweh has sworn and will not change His mind: You are a priest forever.ʲ

Footnotes:

²¹ʲ Yahweh has sworn: Also from Psalm 110:4, emphasizing the unchangeable nature of God’s oath