38
Butδὲmy righteous oneὁ δίκαιός μουwill liveζήσεταιbyἐκfaith;πίστεωςandκαὶifἐὰνhe shrinks back,ὑποστείληταιmy soulἡ ψυχή μουtakes noοὐκpleasureεὐδοκεῖinἐνhim.αὐτῷ
Hebrews 10:38
Study it in the app“But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.”
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 10:38, word by word
- my righteous oneδίκαιόςdikaios
righteous
One who lives well, as God wants.
Where else “dikaios” appears- will liveζήσεταιzēsetai
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēsetai” appears- faithπίστεωςpisteōs
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteōs” appears- he shrinks backὑποστείληταιhyposteilētai
draw back
To pull away out of fear, stop going forward.
Where else “hyposteilētai” appears- my soulψυχήpsychē
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “psychē” appears- pleasureεὐδοκεῖeudokei
be pleased
To delight in someone, as the Father in his Son.
Where else “eudokei” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Quotation of Habakkuk 2:4 according to the Greek Old Testament. Many manuscripts read “the righteous one.”
The context
37For yet a very little while, and the one who is coming will come and will not delay.
38 · This verse (above)
39But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.