Hebrews 7:14

New Living Translation

What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah, and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests.

King James Version (1611)
For it is euident that our Lorde sprang out of Iuda, of which tribe Moses spake nothing cocerning Priesthood.

King James Version
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

English Standard Version
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

New American Standard Bible
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses said nothing concerning priests.

New Century Version
It is clear that our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests belonging to that tribe.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

Legacy Standard Bible
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

Berean Standard Bible
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

Contemporary English Version
Everyone knows he came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never said that priests would come from that tribe.

Complete Jewish Bible
for everyone knows that our Lord arose out of Y'hudah, and that Moshe said nothing about this tribe when he spoke about cohanim.

Darby Translation
For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For it is euident, that our Lord sprung out of Iuda, concerning the which tribe Moses spake nothing, touching the Priesthood.

George Lamsa Translation
For it is evident that our LORD sprang out of Juda, of which tribe Moses said nothing concerning the priesthood.

Good News Translation
It is well known that he was born a member of the tribe of Judah; and Moses did not mention this tribe when he spoke of priests.

Lexham English Bible
For it is evident that our Lord is a descendant of Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses said nothing concerning priests.

Literal Translation
For it is clear that our Lord has risen out of Judah, as to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Amplified Bible
For it is evident that our Lord descended from [the tribe of] Judah, and Moses mentioned nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

American Standard Version
For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests.

Bible in Basic English
Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe.

Hebrew Names Version
For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Yehudah, as to which tribe Moshe spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

International Standard Version
For it is obvious that our Lord was a descendant of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests coming from that tribe.Isaiah 11:1; Matthew 1:3; Luke 3:33; Romans 1:3; Revelation 5:5;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For it is manifest that from Jihuda arose our Lord, from the tribe of whom Musha hath said nothing concerning priesthood.

Murdock Translation
For it is manifest that our Lord arose from Judah, from a tribe of which Moses said nothing concerning a priesthood.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda, of which tribe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng priesthood:

English Revised Version
For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests.

World English Bible
For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, as to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For it is evident, that our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning the priesthood.

Weymouth's New Testament
For it is undeniable that our Lord sprang from Judah, a tribe of which Moses said nothing in connection with priests.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For it is opyn, that oure Lord is borun of Juda, in which lynage Moises spak no thing of preestis.

Update Bible Version
For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

Webster's Bible Translation
For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang from Judah; of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

New English Translation
For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

New King James Version
For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. [fn]

New Life Bible
Our Lord came from the family group of Judah. Moses did not write anything about religious leaders coming from that family group.

New Revised Standard
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For it is, very evident, that out of Judah hath sprung our Lord, - respecting which tribe, concerning priests, nothing did Moses speak,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is evident that our Lord sprung out of Juda: in which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

Revised Standard Version
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For it is evidet that oure lorde spronge of the trybe of Iuda of which trybe spake Moses nothynge concernynge presthod.

Young's Literal Translation
for [it is] evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For it is euidet, that oure LORDE spronge of the trybe of Iuda, to the which trybe Moses spake nothinge cocernynge presthode,

Mace New Testament (1729)
since it is evident that our Lord sprang out of the tribe of Juda, to which Moses never ascribed the priesthood.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus came from the line of Judah, not Levi. Moses never mentioned those from Judah as being priests who showed others the trail to follow.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ So if the priesthood of Levi, on which the law was based, could have achieved the perfection God intended, why did God need to establish a different priesthood, with a priest in the order of Melchizedek instead of the order of Levi and Aaron? ¹² And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it. ¹³ For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe, whose members have never served at the altar as priests. ¹⁴ What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe. ¹⁵ This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared. ¹⁶ Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. ¹⁷ And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied, "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek." ¹⁸ Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless. ¹⁹ For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God. ²⁰ This new system was established with a solemn oath. Aaron's descendants became priests without such an oath,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Our Lord: Luke 1:43, John 20:13, John 20:28, Ephesians 1:3, Philippians 3:8

sprang: Genesis 46:12, Genesis 49:10, Ruth 4:18-22, Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Micah 5:2, Matthew 1:3-16, Luke 2:23-33, Luke 3:33, Romans 1:3, Romans 2:3, Revelation 5:5, Revelation 22:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:8 - shall praise Numbers 26:22 - General Deuteronomy 33:7 - and bring Judges 1:2 - General 1 Chronicles 5:2 - Judah 1 Chronicles 28:4 - chosen Judah Joel 1:13 - ye ministers Matthew 1:2 - Jacob begat John 4:22 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.

Genesis 7:3
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 7:8
With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground.

Genesis 7:9
They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah,.... Out of the tribe of Judah; it is certain that the Messiah was to spring from that tribe, Genesis 49:10 he was to be of the family of Jesse, and of the house of David; and hence he is sometimes called David himself; and so the Jews expect that he will come from the tribe of Judah, and not from any other p; and it is evident that Jesus, who is our Lord by creation, redemption, and the conquest of his grace, sprung from this tribe: this is clear from the place of his birth, Bethlehem of Judah; and from his reputed father Joseph, and real mother Mary, being both of the house of David; and this was known to the Jews, and it is owned by them that he was near to the kingdom q, which he could not be if he was not of that tribe; and hence he is called the lion of the tribe of Judah;

of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning the priesthood: he said many things of it in Deuteronomy 33:8 and relates many things concerning it as spoken by Jacob, but nothing about the priesthood, as if it belonged to that, or that any that should spring from it should exercise that office, The Alexandrian copy, the Claromontane manuscript, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, "concerning the priests"; whence it follows that there is a change of the priesthood, and that the Messiah, as he was not to be, so he is not a priest of Aaron's order, not being of the same tribe.

p Raya Mehimna in Zohar in Exod. fol. 49. 3. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 62. 2. q T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 43. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah - It is well known: it cannot be a matter of dispute. About the fact that the Lord Jesus was of the tribe of Judah, there could be no doubt; compare Matthew 1:3. But probably the apostle means here to refer to more than that simple fact. It was a doctrine of the Old Testament, and was admitted by the Jews, that the Messiah was to be of that tribe; see Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 11:1; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:6. This was an additional consideration to show that there was to be a change of some kind in the office of the priesthood, since it was declared (Ps. cx) that the Messiah was to be a priest. The fact that the Messiah is to be of the tribe of Judah is still admitted by the Jews. As their distinction of tribes now, however, is broken up, and as it is impossible for them to tell who belongs to the tribe of Judah, it is held by them that when he comes this will be made known by miracle.

Of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood - That is, in the Mosaic laws respecting the office of priest, this tribe is not mentioned. All the arrangements pertain to the tribe of Levi.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. For it is evident — As the apostle speaks here with so much confidence, it follows that our Lord's descent from the tribe of Judah was incontrovertible. The genealogical tables, both in Matthew and Luke, establish this point; and whatever difficulties we may find in them now, there were none apprehended in those days, else the enemies of the Gospel would have urged these as a chief and unanswerable argument against Christ and his Gospel.