Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
and, so to speak, through Abraham, Levi also, who received tithes, has been made to pay tithes.
New American Standard Bible
And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, paid tithes,
King James Version
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
Holman Bible
And in a sense Levi himself, who receives tenths, has paid tenths through Abraham,
International Standard Version
One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,
A Conservative Version
And, so to speak, Levi also, the man who receives tithes, has paid tithes through Abraham,
American Standard Version
And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;
Amplified
A person might even say that Levi [the father of the priestly tribe] himself, who received tithes, paid tithes through Abraham [the father of all Israel and of all who believe],
An Understandable Version
And, so to speak, Levi, who collected a tenth [from the Israelites], paid a tenth through Abraham,
Anderson New Testament
And so to speak, even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham;
Bible in Basic English
And we may say that in Abraham, even Levi, who has a right to take the tenth part, gave it;
Common New Testament
One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,
Daniel Mace New Testament
and even Levi who received tithes, pay'd tithes, if I may so say, in the person of Abraham.
Godbey New Testament
And, so to speak a word, Levi, the one receiving tithes, has also been tithed through Abraham.
Goodspeed New Testament
In one way of putting it, Levi himself, the collector of the tithes, through Abraham paid him tithes,
John Wesley New Testament
And even Levi, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes (so to speak) thro' Abraham.
Julia Smith Translation
And as the word says, through Abraham, also Levi, receiving tenths, has paid a tenth.
King James 2000
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes in Abraham.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And, {so to speak}, even Levi, the one who receives tithes, has paid tithes through Abraham.
Modern King James verseion
And if I may say so, Levi, also, who receives tithes, paid tithes in Abraham.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And to say the truth, Levi himself also which receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham.
Moffatt New Testament
In fact, we might almost say that even Levi the receiver of tithes paid tithes through Abraham;
Montgomery New Testament
And even Levi, who is the receiver of tithes, so to speak, paid tithes through Abraham;
NET Bible
And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.
New Heart English Bible
We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,
Noyes New Testament
And so to speak, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham;
Sawyer New Testament
And so to speak, Levi also who receives tithes paid tithes through Abraham;
The Emphasized Bible
And - so to say a word - through Abraham, even Levi who taketh tithes hath paid tithes;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And, if I may so say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Moreover, in a sense, even Levi, who is the receiver of the tithes, has, through Abraham, paid tithes;
Webster
And as I may say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
Weymouth New Testament
And Levi too--if I may so speak--pays tithes through Abraham:
Williams New Testament
And I might almost say, Levi too, who now collects the tenth, through Abraham paid the tenth,
World English Bible
We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,
Worrell New Testament
And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who takes tithes, has paid tithes;
Worsley New Testament
And (as one may say) even Levi, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham:
Youngs Literal Translation
and so to speak, through Abraham even Levi who is receiving tithes, hath paid tithes,
Themes
Abraham » Is blessed by melchizedek
the Levites » Descended from jacob's third son
Melchizedek » A priest and type of Christ
Priest » Before moses » Melchizedek
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 7:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Greatness Of Melchizedek
8 And here dying men receive tithes; but there one of whom the witness is that he lives; 9 and, so to speak, through Abraham, Levi also, who received tithes, has been made to pay tithes. 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedec met him.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.
Romans 5:12
For this cause, even as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death; and thus death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Hebrews 7:4
Now consider how great this personage was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.