English Standard Version
Hebrews 10:7
7Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.'"
Hebrews 10:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’ ”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God— as is written about me in the Scriptures.’”
Context of Hebrews 10:7
5Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; 6in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.'" 8When he said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law), 9then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
Read all of Hebrews 10Hebrews 10:7 word by word
τότε εἶπον· ἰδοὺ ἥκω, ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ, τοῦ ποιῆσαι, ὁ θεός, τὸ θέλημά σου.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- said Iλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Loὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- I comeἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the volumeκεφαλίςkephalis · scrollG2777
- of the bookβιβλίονbiblion · scrollG975
- it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
- ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- to doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- thyσύsu · youG4771
- willὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
- O Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for Hebrews 10:7
- Hebrews 10:9then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
- Proverbs 8:31rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
- John 5:30"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
- John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
- Genesis 3:15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
Commentaries on Hebrews 10:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7In the volume of the book - ספר במגלת bimgillath sepher, "in the roll of the book." Anciently, books were written on skins and rolled up. Among the Romans these were called volumina, from volvo, I roll; and the Pentateuch, in the Jewish synagogues, is still written in this way. There are two wooden rollers; on one they roll on, on the other they roll off, as they proceed in reading. The book mentioned here must be the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Then said I - “I the Messiah.” Paul applies this directly to Christ, showing that he regarded the passage in the Psalms as referring to him as the speaker. Lo, I come - Come into the world; Hebrews 10:5. It is not easy to see how this could be applied to David in any circumstance of his life. There was no situation in which he could say that, since sacrifices and offerings were not what was demanded, he came to do the will of God in the place or stead of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7These verses quote Psalm 40:6–8. Psalm 40 is a song praising God, where the writer expresses a wish to follow God's will. The author of Hebrews sees Christ as the one speaking.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. I come--rather, "I am come" (see on He 10:5). "Here we have the creed, as it were, of Jesus: 'I am come to fulfil the law,' Mt 5:17; to preach, Mr 1:38; to call sinners to repentance, Lu 5:32; to send a sword and to set men at variance, Mt 10:34, 35; I came down from heaven to do the will of Him that sent me, Joh 6:38, 39 (so here, Psa 40:7, 8); I am sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Mt 15:24; I am come into this world for judgment, Joh…Read the comment
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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
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