Hebrews 9:17

1534 For the testament taketh auctoritie when men are deed: For it is of no value as longe as he that made it is alive. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

1535 For a Testamet taketh auctorite whan men are deed: for it is no value, as longe as he that made it is alyue. (Coverdale Bible)

1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1540 For the testament taketh auctoritie when men are deed: for it is yet of no value, as longe as he þt maketh þe testament is alyue, (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 For the testament taketh authoritie when men are dead. For it is of no value as longe as he that made it, is alyue. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 For a testament is confirmed when men are dead: for it is yet of no value, as long as he that maketh the testamet is alyue. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 For the Testament is confirmed when men are dead: for it is yet of no force as long as he that made it, is aliue. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 For a Testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all whilest the Testatour liueth. (King James Version)

1729 because a testament has no effect till after the demise: it not being in force while the testator is alive. (Mace New Testament)

1745 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 For a testament is valid after men are dead, but is of no force while the testator is living. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 For the covenant is of force after he is dead; whereas it is of no strength while he by whom it is confirmed liveth. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 For a testament is valid when men are dead; for else it is of no efficacy whilst the testator is alive. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 for since [the] institution is ratified over the dead, it has no force while the instituted [sacrifice] lives. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 For upon death only is it confirmed; because while he who made it lived there is no value in it. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

1850 (King James Version by Committee)

1851 (Murdock Translation)

1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

1858 For a covenant is strong for the dead, since it is never strong [unalterable] when the covenant-maker lives; (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 a covenant for over dead ones firm, since never it is strong when lives that having been appointed. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 For a testament is of force after men are dead; since it is of no strength at all while the testator lives. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 for a testament is of force after men are dead, since it is of no force while the testator is living. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for doth it ever avail while he that made it liveth? (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 For a testament [is] of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.) (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 for a covenant over dead victims `is' stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth, (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

1902 For, a covenant over dead persons, is firm,––since it is not then of force when he is living that hath covenanted. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 for a covenant is valid in case of the dead: since it has no force while the covenanter lives. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 For a testament over dead persons is of force; since it is never valid while the testator is living. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 For such a Covenant takes effect only upon death; it does not come into force as long as the testator is alive. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 And a will is only of force in the case of a deceased person, being never of any avail so long as he who made it lives. (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 for a testament is valid after men are dead, since has it any force at all while the, testator lives? (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

1982 (New King James Version)

1984 (New International Version)

1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

2005 (Today’s New International Version)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

لان الوصية ثابتة على الموتى اذ لا قوة لها البتة ما دام الموصي حيا. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

ܥܠ ܡܝܬܐ ܕܝܢ ܒܠܚܘܕ ܡܫܬܪܪܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܟܡܐ ܕܚܝ ܗܘ ܕܥܒܕܗ ܠܝܬ ܒܗ ܚܫܚܘ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Ecen testamentua hilétan confirmatu da, ikussiric ecen oraino eztuela balio testamentu eguilea vici deno.

Bulgarian

1940 Защото завещанието влиза в сила, [само] гдето се е случила смърт, понеже никога няма сила, докле е жив завещателят. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 因为人死了，遗命才有效力，若留遗命的尚在，那遗命还有用处麽？ (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 因為人死了，遺命才有效力，若留遺命的尚在，那遺命還有用處麼？ (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

car un testament est valide lorsque la mort est intervenue, puisqu'il n'a pas de force tant que le testateur vit.) (French Darby)

1744 Parce que c'est par la mort du [testateur] qu'un testament est rendu ferme, vu qu'il n'a point encore de vertu durant que le testateur est en vie. (Martin 1744)

1744 Car c'est en cas de mort qu'un testament devient valable, puisqu'il n'a aucune force tant que le testateur est en vie. (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 Denn ein Testament wird fest durch den Tod, anders hat es noch nicht Macht, wenn der noch lebet, der es gemacht hat. (Luther 1545)

1871 Denn ein Testament ist gültig, wenn der Tod eingetreten ist, (Eig. bei od. über Toten) weil es niemals Kraft hat, solange der lebt, der das Testament gemacht hat;) (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Denn ein Testament wird fest durch den Tod; es hat noch nicht Kraft, wenn der noch lebt, der es gemacht hat. (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Perciocchè il testamento è fermo dopo la morte; poichè non vale ancora mentre vive il testatore.(Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Perché un testamento è valido quand’è avvenuta la morte; poiché non ha valore finché vive il testatore. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

testamentum enim in mortuis confirmatum est alioquin nondum valet dum vivit qui testatus est Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Pentrucă un testament nu capătă putere decît după moarte. N'are nici o putere cîtă vreme trăieşte cel ce l -a făcut. (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 потому что завещание действительно после умерших: оно не имеет силы, когда завещатель жив. Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

Porque el testamento con la muerte es confirmado; de otra manera no es válido entre tanto que el testador vive. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Först genom döden bliver ju ett testamente giltigt, varemot det icke äger gällande kraft, så länge den som har gjort det ännu lever. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Sapagka't ang isang tipan ay may kabuluhan kung mamatay ang gumawa: sa ibang paraa'y walang anomang kabuluhan samantalang nabubuhay ang gumawa. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Chúc thơ chỉ có giá trị sau khi chết, và hễ kẻ trối còn sống thì nó không có quyền gì. (VIET)

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