Hebrews 10:37

Hebrews 10:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
• New International Version (NIV)For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For, "Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay;
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.

Context of Hebrews 10:37

35So continue to be strong in your thoughts. If you continue to trust God, you will receive great things. 36You need to be patient and strong. Then you will continue to do what God wants. As a result, you will receive what God has promised. This is what the Bible says: ‘In a very short time, my special servant will come. He is the one that I promised to send to you. He will not be late. 38The person that I have accepted as right will live. That person will live because he trusts me. But if anyone is afraid and he turns back, I will not be happy with that person.’ 39But we are not like those people who are afraid and who turn back. If we were, God would destroy us. But we are people who continue to trust God. And so, our lives are safe with God.

Hebrews 10:37 word by word

ἔτι γὰρ μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον, ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἥξει καὶ οὐ χρονίσει.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• a littleμικρόςmikros mikroteros · smallG3398
• whileὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• he that shall comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• will comeἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• willχρονίζωchronizō · to delayG5549
• notοὐou · noG3756
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:37

• Isaiah 26:20My people, go into your homes. Shut the doors and hide yourselves for a short time. Wait there until the Lord is not angry any more.
• Isaiah 60:22The least important person among you will become a great family. The smallest person will become a large nation. I am the Lord. When the right time comes, I will cause it to happen quickly!
• Habakkuk 2:3What I will show to you must happen at the time that I have decided. That is a future time, but it will certainly happen, as I have said. It may not happen very soon, but you must be patient. What I show to you will certainly happen at the right time, so wait for it.
• Luke 18:8I tell you this. He will show that they are right. He will help them quickly. I, the Son of Man, will return to earth. But will I find many people that still believe in me then, or not?’
• James 5:7So, my Christian friends, be patient until the Lord Jesus returns. Think about how a farmer is patient. He waits for the ground to give him valuable food to eat. He waits patiently for the rain to come in the autumn and in the spring.
• 2 Peter 3:8My friends, here is one thing that you must remember. In the Lord God's mind, one day and 1,000 years are the same. For him, 1,000 years is like a single day.
• Revelation 22:20It is Jesus who tells us that all these messages are true. He says, ‘Yes, I will come soon!’ Amen! We agree! Come, Lord Jesus!

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37For yet a little while - ̔· For yet a very little time. In a very short space of time the Messiah will come, and execute judgment upon your rebellious country. This is determined, because they have filled up the measure of their iniquity, and their destruction slumbereth not. The apostle seems to refer to Habakkuk 2:3, Habakkuk 2:4, and accommodates the words to his own purpose.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37For yet a little while - There seems to be an allusion here to what the Saviour himself said, “A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me;” John 16:16. Or more probably it may be to Habakkuk 2:3. “For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not he: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” The idea which the apostle means to convey…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-39Verses 32-39 Many and various afflictions united against the early Christians, and they had a great conflict. The Christian spirit is not a selfish spirit; it puts us upon pitying others, visiting them, helping them, and pleading for them. All things here are but shadows. The happiness of the saints in heaven will last for ever; enemies can never take it away as earthly goods. This will make rich amends for all we may lose and suffer here. The greatest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-38These verses quote Habakkuk 2:3–4 to show the difference between the righteous and the wicked when they face God's judgment (see also Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-3735-37. Consequent exhortation to confidence and endurance, as Christ is soon coming. Cast not away--implying that they now have "confidence," and that it will not withdraw of itself, unless they "cast it away" wilfully (compare He 3:14). which--Greek, "the which": inasmuch as being such as. hath--present tense: it is as certain as if you had it in your hand (He 10:37). It hath in reversion. recompense of reward--of grace not of debt: a reward of a kind…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:37

• God

In the dictionaries

• Approach
• Assembling
• Assurance
• Consider
• Draw
• Fearful
• Habakkuk, Prophecies of
• 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