Hebrews 8:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

In speaking of a new covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and growing old will soon disappear.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether.

American Standard Version (1901)

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

Common English Bible

When it says new, it makes the first obsolete. And if something is old and outdated, it’s close to disappearing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now in saying something new, he has made the former old. But that which decays and grows old is close to passing away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old, is near its end.

Hebrews 8:13 Cross References

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth beneath, for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and those who live on it will die like gnats, but my salvation will be forever, and my deliverance will never be ended.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Luke 22:20

And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 5:17

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being!

Hebrews 1:11

they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like clothing;

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 7:22

accordingly Jesus has also become the guarantor of a better covenant.

Hebrews 8:6

But Jesus has now obtained a more excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on the basis of better promises.

Hebrews 8:8

God finds fault with them when he says: “The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.