Hebrews 8:7
“For if that first Couenant had bene faultles, then should no place haue bene sought for the second.”
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Hebrews 8:7 Context
5Who serue vnto the example and shadow of heauenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the Tabernacle. For see (saith he) that thou make all things according to the paterne shewed to thee in the mount. 6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministerie, by how much also he is the Mediatour of a better Couenant, which was established vpon better promises. 7For if that first Couenant had bene faultles, then should no place haue bene sought for the second. 8For finding fault with them, hee saith, Behold, the dayes come (saith the Lord) when I will make a new couenant with the house of Israel, and the house of Iudah. 9Not according to the Couenant that I made with their fathers, in the day when I tooke them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they continued not in my Couenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
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Other Translations for Hebrews 8:7
For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
- King James Version
For if that first {covenant} had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For if that first `covenant' had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.
- Basic English Bible
For if that first was faultless, place had not been sought for a second.
- Darby Bible
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for the second.
- Webster's Bible
For if that first Covenant had been free from imperfection, there would have been no attempt to introduce another.
- Weymouth Bible
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
- World English Bible
For if the ilke firste hadde lackid blame, the place of the secounde schulde not haue be souyt.
- Wycliffe Bible
for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Hebrews 8:7
8:7 For if the first had been faultless - If that dispensation had answered all God's designs and man's wants, if it had not been weak and unprofitable unable to make anything perfect, no place would have been for a second.
People's Bible Notes for Hebrews 8:7
Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant. The covenant of Sinai, the Law of Moses, the Old Testament. Had been faultless. It was faulty and could not make men perfect. See PNT "Heb 7:18".