17for a covenant over dead victims is stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,


In Context

14 how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

15 And because of this, of a new covenant he is mediator, that, death having come, for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the age-during inheritance,

16 for where a covenant is, the death of the covenant-victim to come in is necessary,

17 for a covenant over dead victims is stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,

18 whence not even the first apart from blood hath been initiated,

19 for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he both the book itself and all the people did sprinkle,

Hebrews 9:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:17because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force, after men are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for doth it ever avail while he that made it liveth?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:17For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.