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American Standard Version
who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:
Amplified® Bible
Who has been constituted a Priest, not on the basis of a bodily legal requirement [an externally imposed command concerning His physical ancestry], but on the basis of the power of an endless {and} indestructible Life.
Contemporary English Version
That person wasn't appointed because of his ancestors, but because his life can never end.
Darby English Version
who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.
Good News Bible
He was made a priest, not by human rules and regulations, but through the power of a life which has no end.
International Standard Version
who was appointed to be a priest, not on the basis of a regulation concerning his ancestry, but rather on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
King James Version
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
New American Standard Bible
who has become {such} not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
New International Version
one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
New King James Version
who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
Young's Literal Translation
who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,
New English Translation
who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent1 but by the power of an indestructible life.
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