Hebrews 10:38

Hebrews 10:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
• New International Version (NIV)And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”

Context of Hebrews 10:38

36For you need perseverance so that, after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. 37For yet “in a very little while, the Coming One will come, and He will not delay. But My righteous one shall live by emunah; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him.” 39But we are not among the timid ones on the path to destruction, but among the faithful ones on the path to the preservation of the soul.

Hebrews 10:38 word by word

ὁ δὲ δίκαιός μου ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται· καὶ ἐὰν ὑποστείληται, οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• the justδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• shall liveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• byἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• butκαίkai · andG2532
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• draw backὑποστέλλωhupostellō · to withdrawG5288
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• soulὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soul: myselfG5590
• shall haveεὐδοκέωeudokeō · to delightG2106
• noοὐou · noG3756
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:38

• Habakkuk 2:4Behold, the puffed up one— his soul is not right within him, But the righteous will live by his trust.
• Romans 1:17In it the righteousness of God is revealed, from trust to trust. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by emunah.”
• Galatians 3:11It is clear that no one is set right before God by Torah, for “the righteous shall live by emunah.”
• Hebrews 10:26For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
• Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible for those who once were enlightened—having tasted of the heavenly gift and become partakers of the Ruach ha-Kodesh,
• Psalms 85:8Show us Your mercy, Adonai, and grant us Your salvation.
• Ezekiel 3:20When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts perversely, I will lay a stumbling block before him and he will die. Because you have not warned him, he will die in his sin. His righteous deeds that he has done will not be remembered—but I will require his blood at your hand.
• Ezekiel 18:24But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity and does according to all the detestable acts that the wicked man does, will he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered; for his trespass that he trespassed and for his sin that he has sinned, for them he will die.
• Zephaniah 1:6those turning from following Adonai, not seeking Adonai or consulting Him.
• Matthew 12:43“Now when an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places looking for rest and doesn’t find it.
• Matthew 13:21Yet he has no root himself but lasts only a short while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
• 2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption—for a person is a slave to whatever has overcome him.
• 1 John 2:19They left us, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us so it became clear that none of them belongs to us.
• Psalms 5:4Adonai, in the morning You hear my voice. In the morning I order my prayer before You and watch expectantly.
• Psalms 147:11Adonai delights in those who revere Him, in those who trust in His lovingkindness.
• Psalms 149:4For Adonai takes pleasure in His people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38Now the just shall live by faith - ̔ · But the just by faith, i.e. he who is justified by faith, shall live - shall be preserved when this overflowing scourge shall come. See this meaning of the phrase vindicated, Romans 1:17. And it is evident, both from this text, and Galatians 3:11, that it is in this sense that the apostle uses it. But if any man draw back - ̔· But if he draw back; he, the man who is justified by faith; for it is of him, and none…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38Now the just shall live by faith - This is a part of the quotation from Habakkuk Habakkuk 2:3-4, which was probably commenced in the previous verse; see the passage fully explained in the notes on Romans 1:17. The meaning in the connection in which it stands here, in accordance with the sense in which it was used by Habakkuk, is, that the righteous should live by “continued confidence” in God. They should pass their lives not in doubt, and fear, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-39Verses 32-39 Many and various afflictions united against the early Christians, and they had a great conflict. The Christian spirit is not a selfish spirit; it puts us upon pitying others, visiting them, helping them, and pleading for them. All things here are but shadows. The happiness of the saints in heaven will last for ever; enemies can never take it away as earthly goods. This will make rich amends for all we may lose and suffer here. The greatest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-38These verses quote Habakkuk 2:3–4 to show the difference between the righteous and the wicked when they face God's judgment (see also Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-39Instead of the daily ministry of the Levitical priests, Christ's service is perfected by the one sacrifice, whence He now sits on the right hand of God as a Priest-King, until all His foes shall be subdued unto Him. Thus the new covenant (He 8:8-12) is inaugurated, whereby the law is written on the heart, so that an offering for sin is needed no more. Wherefore we ought to draw near the Holiest in firm faith and love; fearful of the awful results of…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:38

• Backsliders
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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