NET

16 For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.

Darby

16 (For where [there is] a testament^D9093, the death of the testator must needs come in.

Darby Bible Notes

testament - The word translated 'covenant' and 'testament' is the same; 'a disposition.' 'Covenant,' in connection with God, is a disposition which he has made, on the ground of which man is to be in relationship with him. But vers. 16,17, are a parenthesis, alluding, incidentally, to another kind of covenant.

KJV

16 For where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be^K7197the death of the testator.

KJV Bible Notes

be: Or, be brought in.