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


In Context

4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already men who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."

6 But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.

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

8 But God found fault with the people and said : "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares 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 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.