Hebrews 10:4

In 9 translations

BSB

because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

KJV

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

WEB

For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

ASV

For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

LSV

for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

YLT

for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

DBY

For blood of bulls and goats [is] incapable of taking away sins.

DRC

For it is impossible that with the blood of oxen and goats sin should be taken away.

GNV

For it is vnpossible that the blood of bulles and goates should take away sinnes.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἀδύνατον γὰρ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων ἀφαιρεῖν ἁμαρτίας.

RP2018

ἀδύνατον γὰρ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων ἀφαιρεῖν ἁμαρτίας.

TR-Boyd

ἀδύνατον γὰρ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων ἀφαιρεῖν ἁμαρτίας.

SCR1894

αδυνατον γαρ αιμα ταυρων και τραγων αφαιρειν αμαρτιας

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 10:11Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
• Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come…
• Micah 6:6–8With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of…
• Romans 11:27And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
• 1 John 3:5But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
• Hebrews 10:8In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
• Mark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
• Hebrews 9:9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
• Psalms 51:16For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
• Amos 5:21–22“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I…
• John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
• Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
• Hebrews 9:12–13He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer…
• Jeremiah 7:21–22This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command…
• Hosea 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
• Isaiah 66:3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is…

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