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Hebrews 9:17New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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17 because a covenant is valid at death, since it is not in force as long as the human covenanter is living.
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Hebrews 9:17The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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17
διαθήκη γὰρ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς βεβαία, ἐπεὶ μὴ τότε ἰσχύει ὅτε ζῇ ὁ διαθέμενος.
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Hebrews 9:17The Bible in Living English
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17 for it is for the affairs of the dead that a testament is valid, since when the testator is alive it is not at the time in effect.
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Hebrews 9:17American Standard Version
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17 For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.
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Hebrews 9:17The Emphasized Bible
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17 For a covenant over dead persons is firm,—Since it is not then of force when he is living that hath covenanted.
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Hebrews 9:17King James Version
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17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
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Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 9New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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a covenant is valid at death: To validate the Law covenant with ancient Israel, Jehovah required that blood be shed. As the account at Ex 24:1-8 indicates, the blood of animals was used. All such shed blood pictured Jesus’ “precious blood.” (1Pe 1:18, 19) Thus, it was necessary for the Mediator of the “new covenant,” Jesus Christ, to be put to death, so that he could provide the shed blood that was needed in order to inaugurate that covenant.—Heb 9:15, 18-22; see study note on Mt 26:28; regarding the wordplay that Paul may have used in these verses, see study note on Heb 9:16.
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