◄ Psalm 110:4 {109:4} ►
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Good News Translation
The LORD made a solemn promise and will not take it back: "You will be a priest forever in the priestly order of Melchizedek."

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Contemporary English Version
The LORD has made a promise that will never be broken: "You will be a priest forever, just like Melchizedek."

New American Bible
The LORD has sworn and will not waver: “You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

Lord

Psalm 89:34-36 Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void. . . .

Hebrews 5:6 As he saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.

Hebrews 6:13-18 For God making promises to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself, . . .

Hebrews 7:28 For the law maketh men priests, who have infirmity: but the word of the oath (which was since the law) the Son who is perfected for evermore.

will not

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

thou

Genesis 14:18 But Melchisedech, the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God,

Zechariah 6:13 Yea, he shall build a temple to 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 6:20 Where the forerunner Jesus is entered for us, made a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

Hebrews 7:1-3,11,17 For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him: . . .

Revelation 1:6 And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father. To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

Context
God's Faithful Messiah
…3With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee. 4The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.5The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.…
Cross References
John 12:34
The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever. And how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Hebrews 5:6
As he saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.

Hebrews 5:10
Called by God a high priest, according to the order of Melchisedech.

Hebrews 6:17
Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath:

Hebrews 6:20
Where the forerunner Jesus is entered for us, made a high priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

Hebrews 7:17
For he testifieth: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

Hebrews 7:21
But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever).

Genesis 14:18
But Melchisedech, the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God,

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

Zechariah 6:13
Yea, he shall build a temple to 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.

Psalm 110:3
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