Hebrews 9:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

New Living Translation
That is why even the first covenant was put into effect with the blood of an animal.

English Standard Version
Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood.

Berean Study Bible
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

NASB 1995
Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

NASB 1977
Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

Amplified Bible
So even the first covenant was not put in force without [the shedding of] blood.

Christian Standard Bible
That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.

Contemporary English Version
Blood was also used to put the first agreement into effect.

Good News Translation
That is why even the first covenant went into effect only with the use of blood.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why even the first promise was made with blood.

International Standard Version
This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

NET Bible
So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

New King James Version
Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

King James 2000 Bible
Hence neither the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.

World English Bible
Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.

American King James Version
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

American Standard Version
Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

A Faithful Version
For this very reason, neither was the first covenant inaugurated without blood

Darby Bible Translation
Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.

English Revised Version
Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

Webster's Bible Translation
Hence even the first testament was not dedicated without blood.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Wherefore neither was the first ordeined without blood.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For which cause also, neither the firste testament was dedicated without blood.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For the which cause that first Testamet also was not ordeyned without bloude.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For which cause also nether that fyrst testament was ordeyned with out bloud.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for which reason, not even the first has been initiated apart from blood,

Berean Literal Bible
wherefore neither has the first been inaugurated apart from blood.

Young's Literal Translation
whence not even the first apart from blood hath been initiated,

Smith's Literal Translation
Wherefore neither was the first consecrated without blood.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For which reason the first has not been inaugurated apart from blood.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, indeed, the first was not dedicated without blood.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, not even the first was established without blood.

Lamsa Bible
For this reason not even the first covenant was confirmed without blood.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Wherefore, the first covenant was not instituted without blood.

Godbey New Testament
Neither was the first covenant therefore dedicated without blood.

Haweis New Testament
Wherefore also that first testament was not consecrated without blood.

Mace New Testament
whence even the first testament was not established without the effusion of blood.

Weymouth New Testament
Accordingly we find that the first Covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

Worrell New Testament
Wherefore, not even has the first covenant been dedicated without blood;

Worsley New Testament
Whence neither was the first covenant entered into without blood:
















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