Hebrews
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Hebrews 9:17
“For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.”
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Hebrews 9:17 Context
14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
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Translation Details for Hebrews 9:17
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Other Translations for Hebrews 9:17
Bible Commentary for Hebrews 9:17
Wesley's Notes for Hebrews 9:17
9:17 After he is dead - Neither this, nor after men are dead is a literal translation of the words. It is a very perplexed passage.
People's Bible Notes for Hebrews 9:17
Heb 9:17 For a testament [is] of force after men are dead. As soon as a man dies, his last will and testament comes into force, but has no force whatever while he lives. The application of this is that Christ's testament, the new covenant, came into force when he died. The old covenant was in force to the cross; it was then "nailed to the cross" (Col 2:14), and Christ having died, the New Testament came into force. It has been urged against this view that the making of wills was not a custom of Israel. It was, however the custom of the whole Roman Empire, and Judea was now a Roman province. The Roman customs had made provinces of the empire familiar with the use of wills.
For a Testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all whilest the Testatour liueth.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
For a covenant is valid {only} when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?
- Basic English Bible
because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
For a testament [is] of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)
- Darby Bible
For a testament is of force, after men are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for doth it ever avail while he that made it liveth?
- English Revised Version
For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.
- World English Bible