Hebrews 8:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹³ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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

¹³ 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 And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether.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)

¹³ 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

¹³ 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 And if something is old and outdated, it’s close to disappearing.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

¹³ 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

¹³ 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 upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Matthew 24:35

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

Luke 22:20

And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.

1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Hebrews 1:11

They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel.

Hebrews 7:22

by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

Hebrews 8:6

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

Hebrews 8:8

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

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.