Hebrews 10:27

Hebrews 10:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
• New International Version (NIV)but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.

Context of Hebrews 10:27

25Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. 26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. 28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 10:27 word by word

φοβερὰ δέ τις ἐκδοχὴ κρίσεως καὶ πυρὸς ζῆλος ἐσθίειν μέλλοντος τοὺς ὑπεναντίους.Read the interlinear

• but onlyδέde · thenG1161
• aτιςtis · oneG5100
• fearfulφοβερόςphoberos · fearfulG5398
• expectationἐκδοχήekdochē · expectationG1561
• of judgmentκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• of ragingζῆλοςzēlos · zealG2205
• fireπῦρpur · fireG4442
• that willμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• consumeἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• adversariesὑπεναντίοςhupenantios · opposedG5227

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:27

• Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
• 1 Samuel 28:19Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
• Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
• Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
• Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
• Matthew 8:29“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
• Luke 21:26Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
• Luke 23:30At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
• Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
• Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
• Psalms 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
• Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
• Ezekiel 36:5Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.
• Ezekiel 38:19In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27A certain fearful looking for of judgment - From this it is evident that God will pardon no man without a sacrifice for sin; for otherwise, as Dr. Macknight argues, it would not follow, from there remaining to apostates no more sacrifice for sin, that there must remain to them a dreadful expectation of judgment. And fiery indignation - · A zeal, or fervor of fire; something similar to the fire that came down from heaven and destroyed Korah and his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment - The word “certain” here does not mean “fixed, sure, inevitable,” as our translation would seem to imply. The Greek is the same as “a ( tis) fearful expectation,” etc. So it is rendered by Tyndale. The idea is, that if there was voluntary apostasy after having embraced the Christian religion, there could be nothing but an expectation of the judgment to come. There could be no other hope but that through the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-31Verses 26-31 The exhortations against apostacy and to perseverance, are urged by many strong reasons. The sin here mentioned is a total and final falling away, when men, with a full and fixed will and resolution, despise and reject Christ, the only Saviour; despise and resist the Spirit, the only Sanctifier; and despise and renounce the gospel, the only way of salvation, and the words of eternal life. Of this destruction God gives some notorious sinners…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27deliberately: Open rebellion against God's laws was called "sinning with a high hand" (see study note on Numbers 15:30–31). Here, the author refers to rejecting Christ and his work. Christ's sacrifice for sins ended the old covenant's sacrificial system (Hebrews 9:11–10:18). If someone rejects the Son's sacrifice, there is no other sacrifice for forgiveness. A person who rejects Christ can only expect judgment as one of God's enemies (compare Isaiah…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. a certain--an extraordinary and indescribable. The indefiniteness, as of something peculiar of its kind, makes the description the more terrible (compare Greek, Jas 1:18). looking for--"expectation": a later sense of the Greek. Alford strangely translates, as the Greek usually means elsewhere, "reception." The transition is easy from "giving a reception to" something or someone, to "looking for." Contrast the "expecting" (the very same Greek as here)…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:27

• Apostasy
• Backsliders
• Conscience
• Godlessness
• Judgment
• Reprobacy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Approach
• Assembling
• Assurance
• Consider
• Draw
• Eternal death
• Fearful
• High priest
• Judge
• Provoke

Commentaries on Hebrews 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings