Hebrews 7:18

In 9 translations

BSB

So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

KJV

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

WEB

For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

ASV

For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

LSV

for an annulling indeed comes of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness

YLT

for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,

DBY

For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,

DRC

There is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment, because of the weakness and unprofitableness thereof:

GNV

For the commandement that went afore, is disanulled, because of the weakenes thereof, and vnprofitablenes.

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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

ἀθέτησις μὲν γὰρ γίνεται προαγούσης ἐντολῆς διὰ τὸ αὐτῆς ἀσθενὲς καὶ ἀνωφελές,

RP2018

Ἀθέτησις μὲν γὰρ γίνεται προαγούσης ἐντολῆς, διὰ τὸ αὐτῆς ἀσθενὲς καὶ ἀνωφελές·

TR-Boyd

Ἀθέτησις μὲν γὰρ γίνεται προαγούσης ἐντολῆς, διὰ τὸ αὐτῆς ἀσθενὲς καὶ ἀνωφελές·

SCR1894

αθετησις μεν γαρ γινεται προαγουσης εντολης δια το αυτης ασθενες και ανωφελες

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
• Acts 13:39Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
• Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
• Hebrews 7:11–12Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not…
• Hebrews 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
• Hebrews 8:7–13For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second. But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new…
• 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
• Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
• Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
• Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
• Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
• Hebrews 10:1–9For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. If it could, would not…
• Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
• Hebrews 9:9–10It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external…

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