KJV King James Version
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Psalm 110:4
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, ‘Thou art a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.’
Surrounding context — Psalm 110
1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3 Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill [the places] with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
נִשְׁבַּ֤עH7650 · sha.vato swearיְהוָ֨ה׀H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיִנָּחֵ֗םH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortאַתָּֽה־H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)כֹהֵ֥ןH3548 · ko.henpriestלְעוֹלָ֑םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringעַל־H5921 · aluponדִּ֝בְרָתִ֗יH1700 · div.rahcauseמַלְכִּי־H4442 · mal.ki-tse.deqMelchizedekצֶֽדֶק׃H4442 · mal.ki-tse.deqMelchizedek
Cross-references
Hebrews 7:17For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.Hebrews 5:6As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.Hebrews 7:21(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:)Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.Hebrews 6:20Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.Hebrews 7:11If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?Hebrews 7:28For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?Revelation 1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.Zechariah 6:13Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.Hebrews 6:13-18For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,Psalm 132:11The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.Psalm 89:34-36My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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