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

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

BBE - For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?

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

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

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