Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
For every high priest who is chosen from among men is appointed to represent his fellow-men in their relations with God, and to offer gifts and sin-offerings.
New American Standard Bible
For every high priest
King James Version
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Holman Bible
For every high priest taken from men is appointed in service
International Standard Version
For every high priest selected from among men is appointed to officiate on their behalf in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
A Conservative Version
For every high priest taken from men is appointed for men in things toward God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
American Standard Version
For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Amplified
For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed [to act] on behalf of men in things relating to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
An Understandable Version
For every head priest is chosen from among men, and is appointed on behalf of people, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Anderson New Testament
For every high priest chosen from among men, is appointed for men, in things pertaining to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Bible in Basic English
Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.
Common New Testament
For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Daniel Mace New Testament
For every high priest is appointed to officiate for men in religious matters, offering gifts and sacrifices for their sins: being chosen from among the people. that as he himself is surrounded with infirmities,
Darby Translation
For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
Godbey New Testament
For every high priest, being received from men, presides over men in the things appertaining to God, in order that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins:
John Wesley New Testament
For every high priest being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,
Julia Smith Translation
For every chief priest taken from men is appointed for men for things to God, that he bring both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
King James 2000
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in the things relating to God, in order that he can offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins,
Modern King James verseion
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in the things pertaining to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For every high priest that is taken from among men is ordained for men, in things pertaining to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Moffatt New Testament
Every high priest who is selected from men and appointed to act on behalf of men in things divine, offering gifts and sacrifices for sins,
Montgomery New Testament
For every high priest chosen from time to time from among men is appointed on behalf of men, in matters relating to God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins.
NET Bible
For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
New Heart English Bible
For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Noyes New Testament
For every highpriest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
Sawyer New Testament
For every chief priest taken from men is appointed in behalf of men over things relating to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins,
The Emphasized Bible
For, every high-priest who from among men is taken, on behalf of men, is appointed, as to the things pertaining unto God, that he may be offering bothgifts and sacrifices for sins, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
FOR, every high-priest taken from among men, is constituted on behalf of men for those services which relate to God, that he should offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Every High Priest, taken from among men, is appointed as a representative of his fellow-men in their relations with God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices in expiation of sins.
Webster
For every high priest taken from among men, is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Weymouth New Testament
For every High Priest is chosen from among men, and is appointed to act on behalf of men in matters relating to God, in order to offer both gifts and sin-offerings,
Williams New Testament
For every high priest who is taken from men is appointed to officiate on behalf of men in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sin-offerings.
World English Bible
For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Worrell New Testament
For every high priest, taken from among men, is appointed in behalf of men in the things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
Worsley New Testament
For every high-priest taken from among men, is appointed for the sake of men in things relating to God, that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Youngs Literal Translation
For every chief priest -- out of men taken -- in behalf of men is set in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,
Themes
The high priest » Typified Christ in » Compassion and sympathy for the weak and ignorant
The high priest » Needed to sacrifice for himself
The high priest » Duties of » Offering gifts and sacrifices
Offerings » Required to be » Presented by the priest
Priest » The function he served was superior to that of other priests » To offer sacrifices
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
Anthropos
ἄνθρωπος
Anthropos
Usage: 316
Huper
ὑπέρ
Huper
for, of, above, for sake, on behalf, more than, in stead, than, very chiefest Trans, beyond, to, over, more, exceedingly abundantly , exceedingly , very highly ,
Usage: 138
Prosphero
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
A High Priest Like Melchizedek
1 For every high priest who is chosen from among men is appointed to represent his fellow-men in their relations with God, and to offer gifts and sin-offerings. 2 He can sympathize with the ignorant and misguided because he is himself subject to weakness,
Names
Cross References
Hebrews 8:3
But every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so this high priest also must have some sacrifice to offer.
Hebrews 10:11
Every other priest stands officiating day after day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices, though they were powerless ever to remove people's sins.
Hebrews 2:17
And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.
Hebrews 9:9
And all this looked toward the present time and was symbolic of the fact that the mere offering of material gifts and sacrifices cannot inwardly qualify the worshiper to approach God,
Hebrews 7:27
who does not need, as the old high priests did, to offer sacrifices every day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people??or this last he has done once for all, in offering up himself.
Hebrews 11:4
Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.