Verse Comparison: Hebrews 2:16
American Standard Version
For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.
Amplified® Bible
For, as we all know, He [Christ] did not take hold of angels [the fallen angels, to give them a helping and delivering hand], but He did take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [to reach out to them a helping and delivering hand].
Contemporary English Version
Jesus clearly did not come to help angels, but he did come to help Abraham's descendants.
Darby English Version
For he does not indeed take hold of angels [by the hand], but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham.
Good News Bible
For it is clear that it is not the angels that he helps. Instead, he helps the descendants of Abraham.
International Standard Version
For it is clear that he did not come to help angels. No, he came to help Abraham's descendants.
King James Version
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
New American Standard Bible
For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.
New International Version
For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants.
New King James Version
For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.
Young's Literal Translation
for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,