Hebrews 7:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Furthermore, here [in the Levitical priesthood] tithes are received by men who are subject to death; while there [in the case of Melchizedek], they are received by one of whom it is testified that he lives [perpetually].

American Standard Version (1901)

And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Common English Bible

In addition, in one case a tenth is received by people who die, and in the other case, the tenth is received by someone who continues to live, according to the record.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And certainly, here, men who receive tithes still die; but there, he bears witness that he lives.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And here indeed, men that die, receive thithes: but there he hath witness, that he liveth.

Hebrews 7:8 Cross References

John 14:19

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Hebrews 3:16

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

Hebrews 5:6

As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchiz´edek.

Hebrews 6:20

whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest for ever after the order of Melchiz´edek.

Hebrews 7:23

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

Hebrews 7:7

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

Hebrews 7:9

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham.

Hebrews 9:27

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Revelation 1:18

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.