Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

So Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.

New American Standard Bible

so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

King James Version

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

International Standard Version

In this way, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

A Conservative Version

By so much, Jesus has become the surety of a better covenant.

American Standard Version

by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

Amplified

And so [because of the oath’s greater strength and force] Jesus has become the certain guarantee of a better covenant [a more excellent and more advantageous agreement; one that will never be replaced or annulled].

An Understandable Version

So therefore, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better Agreement [between God and mankind].

Anderson New Testament

in so much has Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

Bible in Basic English

By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

Common New Testament

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Daniel Mace New Testament

so that Jesus was made guarantee of an alliance so much the more excellent, as it was not without the solemnity of an oath.

Darby Translation

by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.

Godbey New Testament

insomuch that Jesus has also been made the mediator of a better covenant.

Goodspeed New Testament

the agreement which he guarantees is better than the old one,

John Wesley New Testament

Of so much better a covenant was Jesus made a surety.

Julia Smith Translation

According to this, Jesus has become security of a better covenant.

King James 2000

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better covenant.

Lexham Expanded Bible

by so much more Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Modern King James verseion

by so much was Jesus made a surety of a better covenant.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And for that cause was Jesus an establisher of a better testament.

Moffatt New Testament

And this makes Jesus surety for a superior covenant.

Montgomery New Testament

And by so much Jesus becomes the guarantor of a better covenant.

NET Bible

accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

New Heart English Bible

By so much, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

Noyes New Testament

by so much hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

The Emphasized Bible

By as much as this, hath, Jesus, become surety of a better covenant also.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

by so much is Jesus become the surety of a better testament.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And the oath shows the corresponding superiority of the Covenant of which Jesus is appointed the surety.

Webster

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Weymouth New Testament

so much the more also is the Covenant of which Jesus has become the guarantor, a better covenant.

Williams New Testament

so much the more Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

World English Bible

By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

Worrell New Testament

by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

Worsley New Testament

by so much is Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

Youngs Literal Translation

by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
By
κατά 
Kata 
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
Usage: 428

so much
τοσοῦτος 
Tosoutos 
so much, so great, so many, so long, as large, these many, so many things
Usage: 17

was
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

a surety
ἔγγυος 
Egguos 
Usage: 1

of a
διαθήκη 
Diatheke 
Usage: 29

κρείττων 
Kreitton 
Usage: 19

References

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Images Hebrews 7:22

Prayers for Hebrews 7:22

Context Readings

Another Priest, Like Melchizedek

21 but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him:

The Lord has sworn,
and He will not change His mind,
You are a priest forever.
22 So Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant. 23 Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office.



Cross References

Genesis 43:9

I will be responsible for him. You can hold me personally accountable! If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will be guilty before you forever.

Genesis 44:32

Your servant became accountable to my father for the boy, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will always bear the guilt for sinning against you, my father.’

Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

Proverbs 20:16

Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

Daniel 9:27

He will make a firm covenant
with many for one week,
but in the middle of the week
he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering.
And the abomination of desolation
will be on a wing of the temple
until the decreed destruction
is poured out on the desolator.”

Matthew 26:28

For this is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 14:24

He said to them, “This is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many.

Luke 22:20

In the same way He also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood; it is shed for you.

1 Corinthians 11:25

In the same way, after supper He also took the cup and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Hebrews 8:6-12

But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legally enacted on better promises.

Hebrews 9:15-23

Therefore, He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 12:24

to Jesus (mediator of a new covenant), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep—with the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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