God’s Faithful Messiah
Psalms 110:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”Cited in Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 7:17, and Hebrews 7:21
- KJV
- The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- WEB
- Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- ASV
- Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
- LSV
- YHWH has sworn, and does not relent, “You [are] a priest for all time, || According to the order of Melchizedek.”
- YLT
- Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, 'Thou [art] a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'
- DBY
- Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.
- DRC109:4
- The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.
- GNV
- The Lord sware and wil not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer after ye order of Melchi-zedek.
- JPS
- The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent: 'Thou art a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek.'
- LXXE109:4
- The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- נִשְׁבַּ֤ע יְהוָ֨ה ׀ וְלֹ֥א יִנָּחֵ֗ם אַתָּֽה־כֹהֵ֥ן לְעוֹלָ֑ם עַל־דִּ֝בְרָתִ֗י מַלְכִּי־צֶֽדֶק׃
- LXX-Br109:4
- Ὤμοσε Κύριος καὶ οὐ μεταμεληθήσεται, σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MelchizedekEternityIntercession of ChristChristPriesthood in the New TestamentAccommodationChrist, the High PriestAcrosticExcellency and Glory of Christ, TheOrder
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Cross-references most cited first
- Hebrews 7:17For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 5:6And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 7:21but 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.’”
- Genesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —
- Hebrews 7:28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
- Hebrews 6:20–7:3where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 7:11Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not…
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Zechariah 6:13Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
- Revelation 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Hebrews 6:13–18When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the…
- Psalms 132:11The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
- Psalms 89:34–36I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips. Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David— his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 109:4 in some Bibles
- 110:4 in most Bibles