6But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises.


In Context

3 For every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer.

4 If then indeed he were upon earth, he would not even be a priest, there being those who offer the gifts according to the law,

5 (who serve the representation and shadow of heavenly things, according as Moses was oracularly told when about to make the tabernacle; for See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern which has been shewn to thee in the mountain.)

6 But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises.

7 For if that first was faultless, place had not been sought for a second.

8 For finding fault, he says to them, Behold, days come, saith the Lord, and I will consummate a new covenant as regards the house of Israel, and as regards the house of Juda;

Hebrews 8:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.