Hebrews 9:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For where there is a [last] will and testament involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,

American Standard Version (1901)

For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.

Common English Bible

When there is a will, you need to confirm the death of the one who made the will.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For where there is a testament, it is necessary for the death of the one who testifies to intervene.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must of necessity come in.

Hebrews 9:16 Cross References

Romans 5:12

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned—

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:22

for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.

Hebrews 1:3

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,

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.

Hebrews 9:17

For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.