HEB 7:19 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT (for the law perfected nothing), and on the other hand is the introduction of a better hope, through which we come near to God.

UST That way was ineffective because people could not become what God wanted them to be by doing what God previously commanded. Now what this also means is that God provided something better for us to confidently expect. When we confidently expect this, we go closer to God.

BSB ( for the law made nothing perfect and a better hope [is] introduced, by which we draw near to God.

BLB (for the Law perfected nothing), and the introduction of a better hope, by which we draw near to God.

AICNT for the Law perfected nothing - but the introduction of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

OEB (for the Law never brought anything to perfection); and, on the other hand, we have the introduction of a better hope, which enables us to draw near to God.

WEBBE (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

LSV (for nothing did the Law perfect), and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

FBV (for the law didn't make anything perfect). But now it's been replaced by a better hope by which we can come close to God.

TCNT (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

T4T Remember that no one was able to become all that God intended by obeying the laws that God gave Moses. On the other hand, God caused that we could confidently expect better things than we could expect by obeying God’s laws. He did that by his establishing Christ as priest. Now by means of Christ sacrificing himself for us we can come near to God.

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BBE (Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

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Wymth for the Law brought no perfect blessing—but on the other hand we have the bringing in of a new and better hope by means of which we draw near to God.

ASV (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

DRA (For the law brought nothing to perfection,) but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God.

YLT (for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

Drby (for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to [fn]God.

7.19 Elohim

RV (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

SLT (For the law completed nothing,) but the bringing in of a better hope; by which we draw near to God.

Wbstr For the law made nothing perfect, but the introduction of a better hope did ; by which we draw nigh to God.

KJB-1769 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

KJB-1611 For the Law made nothing perfect, [fn]but the bringing in of a better hope did: by the which wee draw nigh vnto God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

7:19 Or, but it was the bringing in.

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Gnva For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite, whereby we drawe neere vnto God.
(For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite, whereby we draw near unto God. )

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TNT For the lawe made nothynge parfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope by which hope we drawe nye vnto god.
(For the law made nothing parfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope by which hope we draw nigh/near unto god. )

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ClVg nihil enim ad perfectum adduxit lex: introductio vero melioris spei, per quam proximamus ad Deum.
(nothing because to perfectum he_brought lex: introductio indeed/however betteris hope, through how proximamus to God. )

UGNT (οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος); ἐπεισαγωγὴ δὲ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, δι’ ἧς ἐγγίζομεν τῷ Θεῷ.
((ouden gar eteleiōsen ho nomos); epeisagōgaʸ de kreittonos elpidos, di’ haʸs engizomen tōi Theōi.)

SBL-GNT οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος, ἐπεισαγωγὴ δὲ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, διʼ ἧς ἐγγίζομεν τῷ θεῷ.
(ouden gar eteleiōsen ho nomos, epeisagōgaʸ de kreittonos elpidos, diʼ haʸs engizomen tōi theōi.)

RP-GNT οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος, ἐπεισαγωγὴ δὲ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, δι' ἧς ἐγγίζομεν τῷ θεῷ.
(ouden gar eteleiōsen ho nomos, epeisagōgaʸ de kreittonos elpidos, di' haʸs engizomen tōi theōi.)

TC-GNT οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος, ἐπεισαγωγὴ δὲ κρείττονος ἐλπίδος, δι᾽ ἧς ἐγγίζομεν τῷ Θεῷ.
(ouden gar eteleiōsen ho nomos, epeisagōgaʸ de kreittonos elpidos, di haʸs engizomen tōi Theōi. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

The word for introduces support for how the “former commandment” is “weak and useless” (See: [7:18](../07/18.md)). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable word or phrase that introduces support for a claim. Alternate translation: [indeed,] or [that is because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

οὐδὲν & ἐτελείωσεν ὁ νόμος

nothing & perfected the law

The author speaks of the law as if it were a person who was ineffective and could “perfect” nothing. He speaks in this way to indicate that the system of laws that God gave through Moses, particularly the laws about priests, did not lead to people or things becoming “perfect.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the law was not something that people could follow to become perfect] or [nothing was perfected through Moses’ law]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

on_the_other_hand

The phrase on the other hand introduces the second part of the author’s explanation. Make sure you translate this phrase so that it works well with how you translated “on the one hand” in [7:18](../07/18.md). Alternate translation: [and second, there]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐπεισαγωγὴ & κρείττονος ἐλπίδος

˓the˒_introduction & ˱of˲_˓a˒_better hope

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of introduction and hope, you could express the idea by using verbs such as “introduce” and “hope.” Alternate translation: [God introduces something better for which we hope]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

κρείττονος ἐλπίδος

˱of˲_˓a˒_better hope

The word hope refers to the contents of the hope, or what believers confidently expect. If it would be helpful in your language, you could clarify that the author is referring to the contents of this hope. Alternate translation: [of the better things that we hope for]

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