Hebrews 9:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all 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 in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Hebrews 1:3

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Hebrews 13:20

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of the eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

Hebrews 9:15

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Hebrews 9:17

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

James 2:10

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.