8Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.


In Context

5 They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,

6 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

8 Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

9 We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,

10 for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.

Hebrews 7:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he [receiveth them,] of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:8In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:8And here indeed, men that die, receive thithes: but there he hath witness, that he liveth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8And here dying men receive tithes; but there one of whom the witness is that he lives;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is testified that he liveth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there he, who is testified to that he was living,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.