Hebrews 10:1

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

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.

BSB

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

WEB

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.

YLT

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,

F.O.G Original

(1) For The Torah has a shadow of the good about to come. Not the same image of things which can never by these same sacrifices offered, make complete those who draw near continually year by year.

F.O.G

(1) For The Torah has a shadow of the good about to come. Not the same image of things which can never by these same sacrifices offered, make complete those who draw near continually year by year.

F.O.G MSG

¹The animal sacrifices under the old covenant were only a shadowᵃ of the good things that were coming—not the actual substance itself. Year after year, the same sacrifices were offered continually, but they could never make the worshipers truly perfect.

Footnotes:

¹ᵃ Shadow: The Old Testament sacrificial system was like a shadow cast by something real—it pointed to the substance (Christ’s sacrifice) but wasn’t the actual thing itself.