Hebrews 10:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come perfect.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the law having a shadow of the good [things] to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, {G1519} which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For the lawe which hath but the shadowe of good thynges to come and not the thynges in their awne fassion can never with ye sacryfises which they offer yere by yere continually make the comers thervnto parfayte.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For the lawe which hath but the shadowe off good thinges to come, and not the thinges in their awne fashion, can neuer by the sacrifices which they offer yeare by yeare continually, make the commers there vnto perfecte:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the Lawe hauing the shadowe of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can neuer with those sacrifices, which they offer yeere by yeere continually, sanctifie the commers thereunto.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For the lawe, hauyng the shadow of good thynges to come, and not the very fashion of the thinges the selues, can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually, make the commers therevnto perfect.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For the law having a shadow of the coming good things -- not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For the law having a shadow of the good `things' to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For the law having a shadow of the good [things] to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 8:5 : 5 Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.
  • Col 2:17 : 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the substance is of Christ.
  • Heb 9:11 : 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;
  • Heb 9:23 : 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  • Heb 7:18-19 : 18 For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.
  • Heb 9:8-9 : 8 The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing: 9 Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;
  • Heb 9:25 : 25 Not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place every year with the blood of others;
  • Heb 10:3-4 : 3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
  • Heb 10:11-18 : 11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God; 13 From that time onward waiting till his enemies are made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 15 The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them, 17 And their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more. 18 Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 10:2-6
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    2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

    3But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

    4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

    5Therefore, when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me:

    6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure.

  • Heb 9:5-13
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    5And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak in detail.

    6Now when these things were thus arranged, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, performing the service of God.

    7But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people:

    8The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing:

    9Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;

    10Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

    11But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

    12Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

    13For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh,

  • Heb 7:18-20
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    18For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness.

    19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.

    20And inasmuch as he was not made priest without an oath:

  • Heb 10:8-12
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    8Previously saying, Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin you did not desire, nor had pleasure in them (which are offered according to the law),

    9Then he said, Behold, I have come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second.

    10By that will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

    11And every priest stands daily ministering and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

    12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God;

  • Heb 10:14-15
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    14For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

    15The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before,

  • Heb 9:22-26
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    22And almost all things are purified by the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

    23Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

    24For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

    25Not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place every year with the blood of others;

    26For then He would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

  • Heb 8:4-7
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    4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are priests that offer gifts according to the law;

    5Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.

    6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second.

  • Heb 7:27-28
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    27Who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for he did this once, when he offered up himself.

    28For the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses; but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who is perfected forever.

  • Col 2:17
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    17Which are a shadow of things to come; but the substance is of Christ.

  • Heb 10:18-19
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    18Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.

    19Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

  • Heb 7:11-12
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    11If therefore perfection were through the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

    12For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law.

  • Heb 11:40
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    40God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

  • Heb 13:10
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    10We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

  • Heb 8:2
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    2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.

  • Heb 8:13
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    13In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away.

  • 2 Cor 3:10
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    10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.

  • Heb 9:1
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    1Then truly the first covenant also had ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary.

  • Heb 9:18
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    18Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

  • Heb 7:16
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    16Who is made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.

  • Lev 16:34
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    34And this shall be an everlasting statute to you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Heb 10:26
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    26For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,