17For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.


In Context

14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

15 And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

16 For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.

17 For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

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

19 For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

Hebrews 9:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:17because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force, after men are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for doth it ever avail while he that made it liveth?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17for a covenant over dead victims is stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.