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


In Context

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;

9 not according to the covenant which I made to their fathers in the day of my taking their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, saith the Lord.

Hebrews 8:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for the second.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.