19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.


In Context

16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

17 for it is testified, |You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.|

18 For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

20 Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

21 (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, |The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'|

Hebrews 7:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did;] by the which we draw nigh unto God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:19(For the law brought nothing to perfection,) but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19(for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the introduction of a better hope did; by which we draw nigh to God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:19(for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw near to God.