Hebrews 7:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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)

⁸ And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Common English Bible

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

⁸ 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 beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.

John 14:6

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

Hebrews 3:16

For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they 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 Melchizedek.

Hebrews 6:20

whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:23

And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing:

Hebrews 7:7

But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.

Hebrews 7:9

And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;

Hebrews 9:27

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgement;

Revelation 1:18

and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.