16(For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.


In Context

13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies for the purity of the flesh,

14 how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God?

15 And for this reason he is mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

16 (For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.

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

18 Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.

Hebrews 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For where a testament [is,] there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:16In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must of necessity come in.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16for where a covenant is, the death of the covenant-victim to come in is necessary,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.