18Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.


In Context

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.

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

20 saying, This is the blood of the covenant 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 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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