Hebrews 10:31

Hebrews 10:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• New International Version (NIV)It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Context of Hebrews 10:31

29What do you think a person who shows no respect for the Son of God deserves? That person looks at the blood of the promise (the blood that made him holy) as no different from other people’s blood, and he insults the Spirit that God gave us out of his kindness. He deserves a much worse punishment. 30We know the God who said, “I alone have the right to take revenge. I will pay back.” God also said, “The Lord will judge his people.” Falling into the hands of the living God is a terrifying thing. 32Remember the past, when you first learned the truth. You endured a lot of hardship and pain. 33At times you were publicly insulted and mistreated. At times you associated with people who were treated this way.

Hebrews 10:31 word by word

φοβερὸν τὸ ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς χεῖρας θεοῦ ζῶντος.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a fearful thingφοβερόςphoberos · fearfulG5398
• to fallἐμπίπτωempiptō · to fall intoG1706
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• of theθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:31

• Hebrews 10:27All that is left is a terrifying wait for judgment and a raging fire that will consume God’s enemies.
• Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are terrified. Trembling seizes the ungodly. Can any of us live through a fire that destroys? Can any of us live through a fire that burns forever?
• Luke 21:11There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and dreadful diseases in various places. Terrifying sights and miraculous signs will come from the sky.
• Hebrews 12:29After all, our God is a destructive fire.
• Psalms 50:22Consider this, you people who forget God. Otherwise, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one left to rescue you.
• Psalms 76:7You alone must be feared! Who can stand in your presence when you become angry?
• Psalms 90:11Who fully understands the power of your anger? A person fears you more when he better understands your fury.
• Matthew 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
• Luke 12:5I’ll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the power to throw you into hell after killing you. I’m warning you to be afraid of him.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God - To fall into the hands of God is to fall under his displeasure; and he who lives for ever can punish for ever. How dreadful to have the displeasure of an eternal, almighty Being to rest on the soul for ever! Apostates, and all the persecutors and enemies of God's cause and people, may expect the heaviest judgments of an incensed Deity: and these, not for a time, but through eternity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God - There may be an allusion here to the request of David to “fall into the hands of the Lord and not into the hands of men,” when it was submitted to him for the sin of numbering the people, whether he would choose seven years of famine, or flee three months before his enemies, or have three days of pestilence; 2 Samuel 24. He preferred “to fall into the hands of the Lord,” and God smote…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. 30-31“The Lord will judge His people”: Deuteronomy 32:36; compare 1 Peter 4:17–18. That God will repay them and will judge His people shows how serious the situation is for those who have rejected Christ. Once God decides to judge someone, no one can save that person from God's hand (Deuteronomy 32:39).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. fearful ... to fall into the hands--It is good like David to fall into the hands of God, rather than man, when one does so with filial faith in his father's love, though God chastises him. "It is fearful" to fall into His hands as a reprobate and presumptuous sinner doomed to His just vengeance as Judge (He 10:27). living God--therefore able to punish for ever (Mt 10:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:31

• Apostasy
• God Continued...
• Punishment
• Reprobacy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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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