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


In Context

4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

6 But 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.

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

8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

Hebrews 8:7 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:7For if that first was faultless, place had not 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.