Hebrews 9:9

English Standard Version

9 (which is symbolic for the present age).[1] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, (Heb 7:19) 

New International Version

9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshipper. 

New International Reader’s Version

9 That’s an example for the present time. It shows us that the gifts and sacrifices people offered were not enough. They were not able to remove the worshipper’s feelings of guilt. 

King James Version

9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 

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