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Psalms 110:4

Melchisedec
Jesus Christ

2 The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

3 Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
KJV
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
WEB
The LORD 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.
DARBY
Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.
BLB
YHWH has sworn, and He will not change His mind: “You [are] a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
ÅB
Herren har svoret, og han skal ikke angre det: Du er prest evindelig etter Melkisedeks vis.
OTB
Herren har sverget en uforanderlig ed,
«Du er prest for evig
Etter Melkisedeks vis.»
B1930
Herren har svoret, og han skal ikke angre det: Du er prest evindelig efter Melkisedeks vis.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 7:17

    For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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  • Hebrews 5:6

    And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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  • Hebrews 7:21

    but 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.’”

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  • Genesis 14:18

    Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —

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  • Hebrews 7:11

    Now 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 in the order of Aaron?

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  • Hebrews 7:28

    For 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.

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  • Hebrews 6:20–7:3

    where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

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  • Numbers 23:19

    God 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?

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