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Hebrews 10:27
27but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God.
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
25And do not neglect our own meetings, as is the habit of some, but encourage one another—and all the more so as you see the Day approaching. 26For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God. 28Anyone who rejected the Torah of Moses dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses. 29How much more severe do you think the punishment will be for the one who has trampled Ben-Elohim underfoot, and has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Read all of Hebrews 10Hebrews 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 shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was first spoken through the Lord and confirmed to us by those who heard.
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse the One who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the One who was warning them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject the One who warns us from heaven.
- 1 Samuel 28:19Moreover, Adonai will also give the Israelites who are with you into the hand of the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me! Yes, Adonai will give the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
- Isaiah 33:14Sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?” “Who among us can live with everlasting burnings?”
- Daniel 5:6The color drained from the king’s face, his thoughts alarmed him, his hips gave way and his knees began knocking together.
- Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel will be destroyed. Thorns and thistles will come up on their altars. And they will say to the mountains: “Cover us!” And to the hills: “Fall on us!”
- Matthew 8:29And they screamed, “What’s between You and us, Ben-Elohim? Have You come here to torment us, before the appointed time?”
- Luke 21:26People will lose heart from fear and anticipation of what is overtaking the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
- Luke 23:30’Then 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 and the great men and the military commanders and the rich and the mighty and everyone—slave and free—hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Hebrews 12:29For our God is a consuming fire.
- Numbers 16:35Fire also came out from Adonai and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.
- Psalms 21:9Your hand will find all your enemies. Your right hand will overtake those who hate You.
- Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to Adonai and remove the foreskins of your heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Else My wrath will break out like fire and blaze, with no one to quench it, because of your evil deeds!”
- Ezekiel 36:5Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Surely in the fire of My wrath I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, that have taken My land for themselves as a possession with the joy of all their heart and contempt in their souls, in order to seize it as plunder.’
- Ezekiel 38:19In My jealousy and the fire of My wrath I have spoken! Surely in 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
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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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