Hebrews 8:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are priests that offer gifts according to the law;

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now{G1063} if{G1487} {G3303} he were{G2258} on{G1909} earth,{G1093} he would{G2258} not{G3761} {G302} be{G2258} a priest{G2409} at all, seeing there are{G5607} those{G2409} who offer{G4374} the gifts{G1435} according{G2596} to the law;{G3551}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} if{G1487}{G3303} he were{G2258}{(G5713)} on{G1909} earth{G1093}, he should{G302} not{G3761} be{G2258}{(G5713)} a priest{G2409}, seeing that there are{G5607}{(G5752)} priests{G2409} that offer{G4374}{(G5723)} gifts{G1435} according{G2596} to the law{G3551}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For he were not a preste yf he were on ye erth where are prestes that acordynge to ye law

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For he were not a prest, yf he were vpon earth, where are prestes yt acordynge to the lawe

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For he were not a Priest, if he were on the earth, seeing there are Priestes that according to the Lawe offer giftes,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For he were not a priest, yf he were on the earth, seyng there are priestes that accordyng to the lawe offer gyftes,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for if, indeed, he were upon earth, he would not be a priest -- (there being the priests who are offering according to the law, the gifts,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 7:11-15 : 11 If 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? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, of which no man attended the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident: for in the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
  • Heb 5:1 : 1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in matters related to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead still speaks.
  • Num 16:40 : 40 To be a memorial to the children of Israel, that no outsider, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he not be like Korah, and like his company: as the LORD said to him through Moses.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 Whoever comes near the tabernacle of the LORD must die: will we all be consumed with dying?
  • Num 18:5 : 5 And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 26:18-19 : 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! This will not bring you honor from the LORD God." 19 Then Uzziah was angry, and he held a censer in his hand to burn incense. While he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Heb 8:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 Now of the things we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

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

    3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it is necessary that this man also have something to offer.

  • Heb 5:1
    79%

    1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in matters related to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

  • Heb 7:11-17
    7 verses
    78%

    11 If 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?

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

    13 For he of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, of which no man attended the altar.

    14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

    15 And it is yet far more evident: for in the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

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

    17 For he testifies, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 8:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

    6 But 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.

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

  • Heb 7:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

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

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

    21 For those priests were made without an oath; but this one with an oath by him that said to him, The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:

  • Heb 7:26-28
    3 verses
    76%

    26 For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

    27 Who 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.

    28 For 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.

  • Heb 9:23-25
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

    24 For 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:

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

  • Heb 7:3
    75%

    3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like the Son of God; remains a priest continually.

  • Heb 9:11
    74%

    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 10:11
    74%

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

  • Heb 9:6-9
    4 verses
    74%

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

    7 But 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:

    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 10:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 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.

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

  • Heb 5:3-6
    4 verses
    72%

    3 Because of this, he ought to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the people, so also for himself.

    4 And no man takes this honor unto himself, but only he who is called by God, as was Aaron.

    5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, 'You are My Son, today I have begotten You.'

    6 As He also says in another place, 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.'

  • Heb 7:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not allowed to continue by reason of death:

    24 But he, because he continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.

  • Heb 10:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Heb 10:8
    71%

    8 Previously 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),

  • Heb 4:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

    15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

  • Heb 2:17
    70%

    17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 5:10
    70%

    10 Called by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 6:20
    70%

    20 Where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, made a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 13:10
    70%

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

  • Ps 110:4
    69%

    4 The LORD has sworn and will not relent, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 3:1
    69%

    1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus;

  • Heb 9:1
    69%

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