18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.


In Context

15 And 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.

16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.

18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

19 For 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,

20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God has enjoined to you.

Hebrews 9:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Whereupon neither the first [testament] was dedicated without blood.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:18This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:18Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18Hence even the first testament was not dedicated without blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18whence not even the first apart from blood hath been initiated,