Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Without question [then], the lesser [of these two persons] is blessed by the greater one.
New American Standard Bible
But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
King James Version
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
Holman Bible
Without a doubt,
International Standard Version
It is beyond dispute that the less important person is blessed by the more important person.
A Conservative Version
And without all contradiction the inferior is blessed by the superior.
American Standard Version
But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.
Amplified
Yet it is beyond all dispute that the lesser person is always blessed by the greater one.
Anderson New Testament
And, without any contradiction, the less is blessed by the better.
Bible in Basic English
But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.
Common New Testament
And without dispute the lesser person is blessed by the greater.
Daniel Mace New Testament
now 'tis past dispute, he that is blessed is inferior to him that blesses:
Darby Translation
But beyond all gainsaying, the inferior is blessed by the better.
Godbey New Testament
For without contradiction the less is blessed by the better.
Goodspeed New Testament
But, beyond any doubt, it is the inferior that is blessed by the superior.
John Wesley New Testament
And without all contradiction, the less is blessed of the greater.
Julia Smith Translation
And without all controversy the less is praised of the better.
King James 2000
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now without any dispute the inferior is blessed by the more prominent.
Modern King James verseion
And without all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And no man denieth but that which is less, receiveth blessing of him which is greater.
Moffatt New Testament
(And there is no question that it is the inferior who is blessed by the superior.)
Montgomery New Testament
Now it is beyond all controversy that the inferior is always blessed by the superior.
NET Bible
Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,
New Heart English Bible
But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Noyes New Testament
And beyond all contradiction the less is blessed by the greater.
Sawyer New Testament
But beyond all contradiction, the less is blessed by the greater.
The Emphasized Bible
But, apart from all gainsaying, the less, by the greater, is blessed.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
but without all dispute the inferior receives benediction from the superior.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Now no one can dispute that it is the superior who blesses the inferior.
Webster
And without all contradiction the less is blessed by the better.
Weymouth New Testament
And beyond all dispute it is always the inferior who is blessed by the superior.
Williams New Testament
Now beyond any contradiction, it is always the inferior that is blessed by the superior.
World English Bible
But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Worrell New Testament
And, without any dispute, the less is blessed by the better.
Worsley New Testament
Now without all contradiction the inferior is blessed by the superior:
Youngs Literal Translation
and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --
Themes
Abraham » Is blessed by melchizedek
Benedictions » Instances of » By melchizedek. Upon abraham
Melchizedek » A priest and type of Christ
Priest » Before moses » Melchizedek
Interlinear
De
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 7:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Greatness Of Melchizedek
6 But Melchizedek, whose ancestry is not traced from the Levites, has collected a tenth [of the spoils] from Abraham, and blessed him who had received promises [from God]. 7 Without question [then], the lesser [of these two persons] is blessed by the greater one. 8 And in the one case, men here [on earth, that is, the Levites] who die, collect a tenth [from the rest of the Israelites], but there [i.e., in the case of Melchizedek] it is collected by someone about whom it is declared [by Scripture] that he continues to live.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Luke 24:50-51
Then Jesus led His apostles out [of Jerusalem] until they came near to Bethany [Note: This was a village fewer than two miles east of Jerusalem]. [There] He raised His hands and asked God's blessing on them.
2 Corinthians 13:14
May the favor of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
1 Timothy 3:16
And without question the revealed secret of godly living is great. [It is this]: He [i.e., Christ, or God], who appeared in a fleshly body [was] vindicated [of false charges] by the Holy Spirit; [He was] seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed in throughout the world [and finally] was taken up into glory [i.e., heaven].
Hebrews 11:20-21
By [having] faith, Isaac pronounced a future blessing on Jacob and Esau. [See Gen. 27:26-40].