American Standard Version (ASV):
without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.
King James Version (KJV):
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
American Standard Version (ASV):
whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
King James Version (KJV):
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
King James Version (KJV):
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
American Standard Version (ASV):
which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
King James Version (KJV):
Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
American Standard Version (ASV):
Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
King James Version (KJV):
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:
American Standard Version (ASV):
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
King James Version (KJV):
That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
American Standard Version (ASV):
And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
King James Version (KJV):
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
King James Version (KJV):
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
King James Version (KJV):
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
American Standard Version (ASV):
saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
King James Version (KJV):
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.