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


In Context

13 For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh:

14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?

15 And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by means of his death, for the redemption of those trangressions, which were under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

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

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

18 Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.