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


In Context

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;

9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn't continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,| says 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 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 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.