NET Bible
"For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive."
— Hebrews 9:17, NET Bible
“For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.”
“For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth. ”
“For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.”
“For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth.”
“For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?”
“For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.”
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.
For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.
For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.
So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.
For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
and said,“This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”