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

25not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near. 26For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies. 28Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• a certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• fearfulφοβερόςphoberos · fearfulG5398
• looking forἐκδοχήekdochē · expectationG1561
• of judgmentκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• fieryπῦρpur · fireG4442
• indignationζῆλοςzēlos · zealG2205
• whichἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• shallμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• the adversariesὑπεναντίοςhupenantios · opposedG5227
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:27

• Hebrews 2:3how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
• Hebrews 12:25Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
• 1 Samuel 28:19The Lord will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. The Lord will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!”
• Isaiah 33:14Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’
• Daniel 5:6Then all the color drained from the king’s face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.
• Hosea 10:8The high places of the “House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
• Matthew 8:29They cried out, “Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
• Luke 21:26People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
• Luke 23:30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
• Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
• Hebrews 12:29For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
• Numbers 16:35Then a fire went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
• Psalms 21:9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.
• Jeremiah 4:4Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done.”
• Ezekiel 36:5therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.’
• Ezekiel 38:19In my zeal, in the fire of my fury, I declare 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