6But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.


In Context

3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

4 For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, |See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.|

6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

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

8 For finding fault with them, he said, |Behold, the days come,| says the Lord, |that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

Hebrews 8:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6But 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.