Verse 11

If therefore perfection were through the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Hvis derfor fullkommenhet kom ved den levittiske prestetjenesten, (for under den fikk folket loven,) hva er det da mer som er nødvendig at en annen prest skulle reises opp etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke kalles etter Aarons orden?

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Hvis prestetjenesten var fullført ved levittisk presteskap (for folket ble lovgitt gjennom det), hvilken annen prest trengs det da som ifølge Melkisedeks orden, og ikke ifølge Aarons orden?

• Norsk King James

  Hvis derfor fullkommenhet ble oppnådd gjennom Levis prestedømme (for under dette fikk folket loven), hva var da behovet for at en annen prest skulle komme opp etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke bli kalt etter Aarons orden?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis fullkommenhet kunne oppnås gjennom det levittiske prestedømmet — for folket fikk loven basert på det — hvorfor skulle det da være behov for en annen prest etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke nevnt etter Arons orden?

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Hvis derfor fullkommenhet var ved det levittiske prestedømmet, (under hvilket folket mottok loven), hvilken videre behov var det at en annen prest skulle oppstå etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke bli kalt etter ordenen av Aron?

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Hvis altså fullkommenhet var mulig gjennom levittprestedømmet (for det er på dette grunnlaget folket har mottatt loven), hvorfor var det da behov for at det skulle reises en annen prest etter Melkisedeks ordning, og ikke etter Arons?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvis derfor fullkommenhet hadde vært mulig gjennom det levittiske presteskap (for under det fikk folket loven), hva behov ville det da vært for en annen prest som skulle oppstå etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke bli kalt etter Arons orden?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvis fullkommenhet hadde kommet med det levittiske prestedømmet (fordi folket mottok loven under det), hvilken grunn var det da til at en annen prest skulle oppstå etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke bli kalt etter Aarons orden?

• gpt4.5-preview

  Hvis derfor fullkommenhet kunne oppnås gjennom det levittiske prestedømmet (for under det mottok folket loven), hvilken ytterligere behov var det da for at en annen prest skulle stå fram, etter Melkisedeks ordning, og ikke bli kalt etter Arons ordning?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Hvis derfor fullkommenhet kunne oppnås gjennom det levittiske prestedømmet (for under det mottok folket loven), hvilken ytterligere behov var det da for at en annen prest skulle stå fram, etter Melkisedeks ordning, og ikke bli kalt etter Arons ordning?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis fullkommenhet var mulig gjennom det levittiske prestedømmet (for folkets lov var gitt under det), hvorfor var det da behov for å reise opp en annen prest etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke etter Arons orden?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If perfection could have been achieved through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), why was there still a need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Hvis fullkommenhet var mulig gjennom det levittiske prestedømmet (for under det fikk folket loven), hvorfor var det da behov for en annen prest etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke etter Arons orden?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis der altsaa var Fuldkommenhed (at opnaae) ved det levitiske Præstedømme, — thi til dette var Folket lovbundet — hvi gjordes det da ydermere behov, at en anden Præst skulde opstaae efter Melchisedeks Viis og ikke benævnes efter Arons Viis?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis fullkommenhet derfor var mulig under det levittenes prestedømme, (for under det fikk folket loven,) hva skulle da behovet være for at en annen prest skulle stå opp etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke kalles etter Arons orden?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis det var fullkommenhet gjennom den levittiske prestetjenesten (for under den mottok folket loven), hva behov var det da for at en annen prest skulle oppstå etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke bli kalt etter Arons orden?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvis fullkommenhet virkelig var gjennom det levittiske presteskapet - for under dette mottok folket loven - hva behov var det da for at en annen prest skulle oppstå etter Melkisedeks vis, og ikke kalles etter Arons orden?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Om det var fullkommenhet ved det levittiske presteskapet (for under det mottok folket loven), hvilken ytterligere behov var det for at en annen prest skulle reise seg etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke bli regnet etter Arons orden?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Nå, hvis fullkommenhet kunne oppnås gjennom leviske prester (for loven ble gitt i forbindelse med dem), hva var behovet for en annen prest etter Melkisedeks orden, og ikke etter Arons orden?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the presthod of the levites (for vnder that presthod the people recaved the lawe) what neded it furthermore that an other prest shuld ryse after the order of Melchisedech and not after the order of Aaron?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the presthode of the Leuites (for vnder the same (presthode) the people receaued the lawe) what neded it then furthurmore, that another prest shulde ryse after the order of Melchisedech, and not after the order of Aaron?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If therefore perfection had bene by the Priesthoode of the Leuites (for vnder it the Lawe was established to the people) what needed it furthermore, that another Priest should rise after the order of Melchi-sedec, and not to be called after the order of Aaron?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of ye Leuites (For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law) what neded it furthermore that another priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech, and not to be called after the order of Aaron?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If indeed, then, perfection were through the Levitical priesthood -- for the people under it had received law -- what further need, according to the order of Melchisedek, for another priest to arise, and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need [was there] that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood– for on that basis the people received the law– what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

Referenced Verses

• Heb 8:7 : 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second.
• Heb 7:17-19 : 17 For he testifies, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 18 For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.
• Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.
• Heb 5:6 : 6 As He also says in another place, 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.'
• Heb 5:10 : 10 Called by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
• Heb 6:20 : 20 Where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, made a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
• Heb 7:15 : 15 And it is yet far more evident: for in the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
• Gal 4:3 : 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the basic principles of the world:
• Gal 4:9 : 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
• Col 2:10-17 : 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power: 11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are raised with him through the faith of the working of God, who has raised him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 16 Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days; 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the substance is of Christ.
• Heb 7:21 : 21 For those priests were made without an oath; but this one with an oath by him that said to him, The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:
• Heb 8:10-13 : 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more. 13 In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away.
• Heb 10:1-4 : 1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.