King James Version
Hebrews 8:13 in the King James Version says “In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish ...” — study this verse from Hebrews chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.”
Hebrews 8:13 · KJV
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest .
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“that he saith”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“A new”
G2537new (especially in freshness; while g3501 is properly so with respect to age
“covenant he hath made”
G3822to make (passively, become) worn out, or declare obsolete
“covenant he hath made”
G3822to make (passively, become) worn out, or declare obsolete
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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