Hebrews 7:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The former requirements are rejected because they are weak and useless.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

ASV:

For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

BBE:

So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

DBY:

For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,

ERV:

For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

WEY:

On the one hand we have here the abrogation of an earlier code because it was weak and ineffective--

WBS:

For there is verily a disannulling of the preceding commandment on account of its weakness and unprofitableness.

WEB:

For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

YLT:

for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,

Hebrews 7:18 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 8:3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

Galatians 3:21 Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.

Hebrews 7:11 Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:18 {9} For there is verily a disannulling of the {h} commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
(9) Again, that no man object that the last priesthood was added to make a perfect one by joining them both together, he proves that the first was made void by the later as unprofitable, by the nature of them both. For how could those material and transitory things sanctify us, either by themselves, or by being joined with another?
(h) The ceremonial law.

PNT:

7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment. The old law and the Aaronic priesthood are abrogated because of their imperfection. They could not make men perfect.

WES:

7:18 For there is implied in this new and everlasting priesthood, and in the new dispensation connected therewith, a disannulling of the preceding commandment - An abrogation of the Mosaic law. For the weakness and unprofitableness thereof - For its insufficiency either to justify or to sanctify.

MHC:

7:11-25 The priesthood and law by which perfection could not come, are done away; a Priest is risen, and a dispensation now set up, by which true believers may be made perfect. That there is such a change is plain. The law which made the Levitical priesthood, showed that the priests were frail, dying creatures, not able to save their own lives, much less could they save the souls of those who came to them. But the High Priest of our profession holds his office by the power of endless life in himself; not only to keep himself alive, but to give spiritual and eternal life to all who rely upon his sacrifice and intercession. The better covenant, of which Jesus was the Surety, is not here contrasted with the covenant of works, by which every transgressor is shut up under the curse. It is distinguished from the Sinai covenant with Israel, and the legal dispensation under which the church so long remained. The better covenant brought the church and every believer into clearer light, more perfect liberty, and more abundant privileges. In the order of Aaron there was a multitude of priests, of high priests one after another; but in the priesthood of Christ there is only one and the same. This is the believer's safety and happiness, that this everlasting High Priest is able to save to the uttermost, in all times, in all cases. Surely then it becomes us to desire a spirituality and holiness, as much beyond those of the Old Testament believers, as our advantages exceed theirs.

CONC:

Abrogation Account Annulling Aside Code Command Commandment Disannulling Earlier Feeble Foregoing Former Indeed Ineffective Law Preceding Profit Regulation Setting Thereof Unprofitableness Useless Uselessness Verily Weak Weakness

Account Annulling Code Command Commandment Earlier Feeble Former Hand Indeed Ineffective Preceding Regulation Setting Side Thereof Useless Verily Weak Weakness

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