Hebrews 9:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ For where there is a covenant, the death of the one who made it must be established.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ When there is a will, you need to confirm the death of the one who made the will.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must of necessity come in.

Hebrews 9:16 Cross References

Romans 5:12

So then, just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, in the same way death spread to all men because all sinned.

Romans 6:23

For sin’s payment is death, but God’s gracious gift is eternal life in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah will all be made alive.

Hebrews 1:3

This Son is the radiance of His glory and the imprint of His being, upholding all things by His powerful word. When He had made purification for our sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of shalom, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep by the blood of an everlasting covenant, our Lord Yeshua,

Hebrews 9:15

For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that those called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—since a death has taken place that redeems them from violations under the first covenant.

Hebrews 9:17

For a covenant is secured upon the basis of dead bodies, since it has no strength as long as the one who made it lives.

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole Torah but stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.