11 translations · Greek
Hebrews 10:38
But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
Hebrews 10:38 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
- KJV King James Version
- Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- but, “The righteous will live by faith; and if he may draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Those who do what is right will live by trusting in God, and if they draw back from their commitment, I won't be pleased with them.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man shall draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But the righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But my just man liveth by faith; but if he withdraw himself, he shall not please my soul.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | one | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| δίκαιός | dikaios | righteous | G1342 δίκαιος just |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἐκ | ek | by | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| πίστεως | pisteōs | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| ζήσεται | zēsetai | will live | G2198 ζάω to live |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἐὰν | ean | if | G1437 ἐάν if |
| ὑποστείληται | hyposteilētai | he shrinks back | G5288 ὑποστέλλω to withdraw |
| οὐκ | ouk | {will take} no | G3756 οὐ no |
| εὐδοκεῖ | eudokei | pleasure | G2106 εὐδοκέω to delight |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ψυχή | psychē | — | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| μου | mou | I | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| αὐτῷ | autō | him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
Related verses
- Galatians 3:11
Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.
- Romans 1:17
For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
- Psalm 85:8
I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
- Hebrews 6:4–6
For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
- Ezekiel 3:20
“Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.
- Isaiah 42:1
“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights— I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
- Matthew 13:21
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
- Psalm 147:11
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- Zephaniah 1:6
those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
36 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
37 “In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.
38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
Read all of Hebrews 10 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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