Other translations
American Standard Version
Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Lord Jehovah swore and will not lie: “You are Priest to eternity in the likeness of Melchizedek.”
Darby Bible Translation
Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”
God's Word
The LORD has taken an oath and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest."
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD has sworn an oath and will not take it back:" Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek."
International Standard Version
The LORD took an oath and will never recant: "You are a priest forever, after the manner of Melchizedek."
NET Bible
The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: "You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek."
New American Standard Bible
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."
New International Version
The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
New Living Translation
The LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.
The World English Bible
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."
EasyEnglish Bible
The Lord has made a strong promise. He will not change it. He has promised, ‘You will be a priest for ever, in the same way that Melchizedek was my priest.’
Young‘s Literal Translation
Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou [art] a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'
New Life Version
The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a Religious Leader forever, in the same way as Melchizedek.”
The Voice Bible
The Eternal has sworn an oath and cannot change His mind: “You are a priest forever— in the honored order of Melchizedek.”
Living Bible
Jehovah has taken oath and will not rescind his vow that you are a priest forever like Melchizedek.
New Catholic Bible
The Lord has sworn, and he will not retract his oath: “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
Jubilee Bible 2000
The LORD has sworn and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Christian Standard Bible
The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back: “You are a priest forever according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”
Amplified Bible © 1954
The Lord has sworn and will not revoke or change it: You are a priest forever, after the manner and order of Melchizedek.
New Century Version
The Lord has made a promise and will not change his mind. He said, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.”
The Message
God gave his word and he won’t take it back: you’re the permanent priest, the Melchizedek priest. The Lord stands true at your side, crushing kings in his terrible wrath, Bringing judgment on the nations, handing out convictions wholesale, crushing opposition across the wide earth. The King-Maker put his King on the throne; the True King rules with head held high!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the manner of Melchizedek.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Good News Translation®
The Lord made a solemn promise and will not take it back: “You will be a priest forever in the priestly order of Melchizedek.”
Wycliffe Bible
The Lord swore, and it shall not repent him; Thou art a priest [into] without end, by the order of Melchizedek. (The Lord swore, and he shall never repent for saying, Thou art a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.)
Contemporary English Version
The Lord has made a promise that will never be broken: “You will be a priest forever, just like Melchizedek.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchiz′edek.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.’
Common English Bible © 2011
The Lord has sworn a solemn pledge and won’t change his mind: “You are a priest forever in line with Melchizedek.”
Amplified Bible © 2015
The Lord has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
English Standard Version Anglicised
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The Lord has sworn and will not waver: “You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek.”
New American Standard Bible
The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
The Expanded Bible
The Lord has made a promise and will not ·change his mind [waver]. He said, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek [C in reference to an ancient priest-king in Jerusalem; ultimately fulfilled in Christ; Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6; 7:17, 21].”
Tree of Life Version
Adonai has sworn, and will not His mind: “You are a Kohen forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Revised Standard Version
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchiz′edek.”
New International Reader's Version
The Lord has made a promise. He will not change his mind. He has said, “You are a priest forever, just like Melchizedek.”
BRG Bible
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai has sworn it, and he will never retract — “You are a cohen forever, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Hashem hath sworn, and will not relent, Thou [Moshiach] art a kohen l’olam al divrati Malki-Tzedek (kohen forever in respect to the order of Malki-Tzedek; [see Bereshis 14:18; note it is the kohen who makes kapporah for sin—see Leviticus 4:20; Isa 53:8).
Names of God Bible
Yahweh has taken an oath and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.”
Modern English Version
The Lord has sworn and will not change, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord has made a promise with an oath and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever— the kind of priest Melchizedek was.”
International Children’s Bible
The Lord has made a promise and will not change his mind. He said, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.”
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh has sworn and he will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the manner of Melchizedek.”
New International Version - UK
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest for ever, in the order of Melchizedek.’