Hebrews 7:15

New Living Translation

This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

King James Version (1611)
And it is yet farre more euident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another Priest,

King James Version
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

English Standard Version
This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

New American Standard Bible
And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek,

New Century Version
And this becomes even more clear when we see that another priest comes who is like Melchizedek.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek,

Legacy Standard Bible
And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek,

Berean Standard Bible
And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

Contemporary English Version
All of this becomes clearer, when someone who is like Melchizedek is appointed to be a priest.

Complete Jewish Bible
It becomes even clearer if a "different kind of cohen," one like Malki-Tzedek, arises,

Darby Translation
And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,

Easy-to-Read Version
And these things become even clearer when we see that another priest has come who is like Melchizedek.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And it is yet a more euident thing, because that after the similitude of Melchi-sedec, there is risen vp another Priest,

George Lamsa Translation
And yet, it is far more evident because he said that another priest would rise after the order of Mel-chis''e-dec,

Good News Translation
The matter becomes even plainer; a different priest has appeared, who is like Melchizedek.

Lexham English Bible
And it is still more clear, if another priest according to the likeness of Melchizedek arises,

Literal Translation
And it is still more abundantly clear that if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek,

Amplified Bible
And this becomes even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

American Standard Version
And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,

Bible in Basic English
And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,

Hebrew Names Version
This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Malki-Tzedek there arises another Kohen,

International Standard Version
This point is even more obvious in that another priest who is like Melchizedek has appeared

Etheridge Translation
And again: it is more fully known by that which [fn] hath said, In the likeness of MalkiZedek ariseth another Priest;

Murdock Translation
And moreover this is further manifest, from his saying that another priest will stand up, after the likeness of Melchisedec,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it is yet a farre more euidet thing, yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest,

English Revised Version
And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,

World English Bible
This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And it is still far more evident, because another priest is raised up, after the likeness of Melchidek, Who was made not after the law of a carnal commandment,

Weymouth's New Testament
And this is still more abundantly clear when we read that it is as belonging to the order of Melchizedek that a priest of a different kind is to arise,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And more yit it is knowun, if bi the ordre of Melchisedech another preest is risun vp;

Update Bible Version
And [what we say] is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there rises another priest,

Webster's Bible Translation
And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

New English Translation
And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

New King James Version
And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest

New Life Bible
We can see that a different Religious Leader has come. This One is like Melchizedek.

New Revised Standard
It is even more obvious when another priest arises, resembling Melchizedek,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, yet more abundantly evident it is - that, according to the likeness of Melchizedek, there is to be raised up, a different priest.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it is yet far more evident: if according to the similitude of Melchisedech there ariseth another priest,

Revised Standard Version
This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchiz'edek,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And it is yet a more evydent thinge yf after the similitude of Melchisedech ther aryse a nother prest

Young's Literal Translation
And it is yet more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it is yet a more euident thinge, yf after the symilitude of Mechisedech there aryse another prest,

Mace New Testament (1729)
This appears still more clear from another priest's arising like Melchisedec,

THE MESSAGE
But the Melchizedek story provides a perfect analogy: Jesus, a priest like Melchizedek, not by genealogical descent but by the sheer force of resurrection life—he lives!—"priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek." The former way of doing things, a system of commandments that never worked out the way it was supposed to, was set aside; the law brought nothing to maturity. Another way—Jesus!—a way that does work, that brings us right into the presence of God, is put in its place.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I mentioned that the trail had changed. That's because there is a new trail boss, one who closely resembled old Mel.

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

after: Hebrews 7:3, Hebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:17-21, Psalms 110:4

Reciprocal: Hebrews 5:6 - Thou

Cross-References

Genesis 7:19
Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,

Genesis 7:20
rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.

Isaiah 11:6
In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it is yet far more evident,.... From a fact which cannot be denied;

for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest; or another has risen, even Jesus the son of David, of the tribe of Judah; another from Aaron, one that is not of his family or tribe, but one like to Melchizedek: hence we learn that Melchizedek and Christ are not the same person; and that the order and similitude of Melchizedek are the same; and that Christ's being of his order only imports that there is a resemblance and likeness between him and Melchizedek, in many things, which are observed in the beginning of this chapter: and this "arising" does not intend Christ's setting up himself, only his appearance in this form; and being expressed in the present tense, denotes the continual being, and virtue of his priesthood.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And it is yet far more evident - Not that our Lord would spring out of Judah, but the point which he was endeavoring to establish that there must be a change of the priesthood, was rendered still more evident from another consideration. A strong proof of the necessity of such a change of the priesthood was furnished from the fact that the Messiah was to be of the tribe of Judah; but a much stronger, because “as a priest” he was to be of the order of Melchizedek - that is, he was of the same rank with one who did not even belong to that tribe.

After the similitude - Resembling; that is, he was to be of the order of Melchizedek.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. And it is yet far more evident — Και περισσοτερον ετι καταδηλον εστιν. And besides, it is more abundantly strikingly manifest. It is very difficult to translate these words, but the apostle's meaning is plain, viz., that God designed the Levitical priesthood to be changed, because of the oath in Psa. cx., where, addressing the Messiah, he says: Thou art a Priest for ever after the order, or ομοιοτητα, similitude, of Melchisedec, who was not only a priest, but also a king. None of the Levitical priests sustained this double office; but they both, with that of prophet, appear and were exercised in the person of our Lord, who is the Priest to which the apostle alludes.