和合本
因為人死了，遺命才有效力，若留遺命的尚在，那遺命還有用處嗎？

New International Version
because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living.

King James Version
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

English Revised Version
For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for doth it ever avail while he that made it liveth?

Updated King James Version
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.

Authorized King James Version Pure Cambridge Edition
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

American Standard Version
For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

Young's Literal Translation
for a covenant over dead victims `is' stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,

Bible in Basic English
For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?

World English Bible
For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

English Standard Version
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