7for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.


In Context

4 for if, indeed, he were upon earth, he would not be a priest — (there being the priests who are offering according to the law, the gifts,

5 who unto an example and shadow do serve of the heavenly things, as Moses hath been divinely warned, being about to construct the tabernacle, for 'See (saith He) thou mayest make all things according to the pattern that was shewn to thee in the mount;') —

6 and 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,

7 for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.

8 For finding fault, He saith to them, 'Lo, days come, saith the Lord, and I will complete with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant,

9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of My taking them by their hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt — because they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not regard them, saith 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 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 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.