Parallel Verses
Sawyer New Testament
whence also the first [covenant] was not initiated without blood.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.
King James Version
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Holman Bible
That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.
International Standard Version
This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
A Conservative Version
Whereupon neither has the first been dedicated without blood.
American Standard Version
Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.
Amplified
So even the first covenant was not put in force without [the shedding of] blood.
An Understandable Version
Therefore, even the first Agreement was not ratified without blood [i.e., without a death taking place].
Anderson New Testament
Wherefore, the first covenant was not instituted without blood.
Bible in Basic English
So that even the first agreement was not made without blood.
Common New Testament
This is why even the first covenant was not ratified without blood.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whence even the first testament was not established without the effusion of blood.
Darby Translation
Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.
Godbey New Testament
Neither was the first covenant therefore dedicated without blood.
Goodspeed New Testament
So even the old agreement could not be ratified without the use of blood.
John Wesley New Testament
Whence neither was the first testament consecrated without blood.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore neither was the first consecrated without blood.
King James 2000
Hence neither the first covenant was dedicated without blood.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore not even the first [covenant] was ratified without blood.
Modern King James verseion
From which we see that neither was the first covenant dedicated without blood.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For which cause also, neither that first testament was ordained without blood.
Moffatt New Testament
Hence even the first covenant of God's will was not inaugurated apart from blood;
Montgomery New Testament
Accordingly we find that not without blood was the first testament enacted.
NET Bible
So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
Noyes New Testament
Hence neither was the first covenant ratified without blood.
The Emphasized Bible
Whence, not even the first, apart from blood, hath been consecrated;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Wherefore also that first testament was not consecrated without blood.
Twentieth Century New Testament
This explains why even the first Covenant was not ratified without the shedding of blood.
Webster
Hence even the first testament was not dedicated without blood.
Weymouth New Testament
Accordingly we find that the first Covenant was not inaugurated without blood.
Williams New Testament
So not even the first covenant was ratified without the use of blood.
World English Bible
Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
Worrell New Testament
Wherefore, not even has the first covenant been dedicated without blood;
Worsley New Testament
Whence neither was the first covenant entered into without blood:
Youngs Literal Translation
whence not even the first apart from blood hath been initiated,
Themes
Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the atoning blood of Christ
Dedication » Solemn confirmation of a covenant
Symbols and similitudes » The whole system of mosaic rites
Interlinear
Hothen
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 9:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Heavenly Ministry Of The New Covenant
17 For a covenant is strong for the dead, since it is never strong [unalterable] when the covenant-maker lives; 18 whence also the first [covenant] was not initiated without blood. 19 For every commandment of the law having been spoken by Moses to all the people, taking the blood of bullocks and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
Cross References
Hebrews 8:7-9
For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for the second. [But it was not].
Hebrews 9:14
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who with an eternal spirit offered himself without fault to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things, according to the law, are purified with blood, and without the pouring out of blood there is no forgiveness.