Hebrews 10:7

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.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.'"
• 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.’ ”

Context of Hebrews 10:7

5For this reason, when Christ came into the world, he said, “ ‘You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me. 6You did not approve of burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.’ Then I said, ‘I have come! (It is written about me in the scroll of the book.) I have come to do what you want, my God.’ ” 8In this passage Christ first said, “You did not want sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin. You did not approve of them.” (These are the sacrifices that Moses’ Teachings require people to offer.) 9Then Christ says, “I have come to do what you want.” He did away with sacrifices in order to establish the obedience that God wants.

Hebrews 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 Christ says, “I have come to do what you want.” He did away with sacrifices in order to establish the obedience that God wants.
• Proverbs 8:31found joy in his inhabited world, and delighted in the human race.
• John 4:34Jesus told them, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me.
• John 5:30I can’t do anything on my own. As I listen ⌞to the Father⌟, I make my judgments. My judgments are right because I don’t try to do what I want but what the one who sent me wants.
• John 6:38I haven’t come from heaven to do what I want to do. I’ve come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.
• Genesis 3:15I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will 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

Topics related to Hebrews 10:7

• Atonement
• Jesus Continued
• Law
• Obedience
• Offerings
• Quotations and Allusions
• Types
• Word of God

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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