Hebrews 10:1

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

Hebrews 10:1 - Amplified Bible

FOR SINCE the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the good things to come--instead of fully expressing those things--it can never by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year make perfect those who approach [its altars].

Hebrews 10:1 - American Standard Version

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.

Hebrews 10:1 - Bible in Basic English

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.

Hebrews 10:1 - Darby Bible

For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect those who approach.

Hebrews 10:1 - English Standard Version

For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.

Hebrews 10:1 - King James Version

Hebrews 10:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

Pues ya que la ley sòlo tiene la sombra de los bienes futuros y no la forma misma de las cosas, nunca puede, por los mismos sacrificios que ellos ofrecen continuamente año tras año, hacer perfectos a los que se acercan.

Hebrews 10:1 - The Message

The old plan was only a hint of the good things in the new plan. Since that old "law plan" wasn’t complete in itself, it couldn’t complete those who followed it. No matter how many sacrifices were offered year after year, they never added up to a complete solution. If they had, the worshipers would have gone merrily on their way, no longer dragged down by their sins. But instead of removing awareness of sin, when those animal sacrifices were repeated over and over they actually heightened awareness and guilt. The plain fact is that bull and goat blood can’t get rid of sin. That is what is meant by this prophecy, put in the mouth of Christ:

   You don’t want sacrifices and offerings year after year;
      you’ve prepared a body for me for a sacrifice.
   It’s not fragrance and smoke from the altar
      that whet your appetite.
   So I said, "I’m here to do it your way, O God,
      the way it’s described in your Book."
When he said, "You don’t want sacrifices and offerings," he was referring to practices according to the old plan. When he added, "I’m here to do it your way," he set aside the first in order to enact the new plan—God’s way—by which we are made fit for God by the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus.

Hebrews 10:1 - New American Standard Bible

For the Law, since it has {only} a shadow of the good things to come {and} not the very form of things, (Two early mss read {they can}) can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.

Hebrews 10:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Pues ya que la Ley sòlo tiene la sombra de los bienes futuros y no la forma (imagen) misma de las cosas, nunca puede, por los mismos sacrificios que ellos ofrecen continuamente año tras año, hacer perfectos a los que se acercan.

Hebrews 10:1 - World English Bible

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.

Hebrews 10:1 - Young's Living Translation

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,

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