Hebrews 8:7

7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.

Hebrews 8:7 in Other Translations

KJV
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
ESV
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.
NLT
7 If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it.
MSG
7 If the first plan - the old covenant - had worked out, a second wouldn't have been needed.
CSB
7 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, no opportunity would have been sought for a second one.

Hebrews 8:7 In-Context

5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.
8 But God found fault with the people and said : “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Hebrews 7:11,18; Hebrews 10:1
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