Hebrews 10:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὸ εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὸν κόσμον, λέγει, Θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας, σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι:

Transliteration

Dio eiserchomonos into the kosmon, legei, Thysian and prosphoran not ēthelēsas, sōma but katērtisō to me:

Grammar Details

• *Dio*: conjunction - therefore/for this reason
• *eiserchomonos*: present, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - entering/coming in
• *kosmon*: accusative, masculine, singular - world
• *legei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - says
• *Thysian*: accusative, feminine, singular - sacrifice
• *prosphoran*: accusative, feminine, singular - offering
• *ēthelēsas*: aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person, singular - you wanted/desired
• *sōma*: accusative, neuter, singular - body
• *katērtisō*: aorist, middle, indicative, 2nd person, singular - you prepared/fitted

Word Meanings

• *Dio*: therefore/for this reason/wherefore
• *eiserchomonos*: coming into/entering/when he comes
• *kosmon*: world/universe/order
• *ēthelēsas*: you desired/wanted/wished
• *katērtisō*: you prepared/fitted/formed/equipped

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Therefore, when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde he sayth: Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest not have: but a bodie hast thou ordeyned me.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore whan he commeth in to the worlde, he sayeth: Sacrifice & offerynge thou woldest not haue, but a body hast thou ordeyned me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Wherefore when he commeth into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not: but a body hast thou ordeined me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde, he saith: Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not haue, but a body hast thou ordeyned me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, But a body did you prepare for me;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, `Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, but you prepared a body for me;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So when he came into the world, he said,“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 40:6-8 : 6 You, LORD my God, have done many wonderful works, and Your plans are beyond comparison. If I tried to declare and speak of them, they are too numerous to count. 7 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared my ears to listen; burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. 8 Then I said, 'Here I am; I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.'
• Heb 1:6 : 6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says, 'Let all God's angels worship Him.'
• Isa 1:11 : 11 "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed animals; I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.
• Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 The angel replied to her, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.'
• Heb 2:14 : 14 Since the children share in flesh and blood, He too likewise partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death—that is, the devil.
• John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• Heb 10:7 : 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'"
• Heb 10:10 : 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
• 1 John 4:2-3 : 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. 3 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already in the world.
• 2 John 1:7 : 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And undeniably, great is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory.
• Heb 8:3 : 3 Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.
• Luke 7:19 : 19 He sent them to the Lord to ask, 'Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?'
• Ps 50:8-9 : 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9 I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats from your pens. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and fulfill your vows to the Most High. 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me. 16 But to the wicked God says: 'What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? 17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. 18 When you see a thief, you join him, and you associate with adulterers. 19 You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was like you. But I will rebuke you and lay the case before your eyes. 22 Consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver. 23 Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me, and to the one who orders their way rightly, I will show the salvation of God.
• Jer 6:20 : 20 What use is frankincense brought from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices do not please me.
• Jer 31:22 : 22 How long will you wander, O unfaithful daughter? For the LORD has created something new in the land—a woman will surround a man.
• Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no pleasure in your solemn assemblies. 22 Even if you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not regard your fattened peace offerings.
• Matt 1:20-23 : 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.' 21 'She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.' 22 All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 23 'Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel' (which means, 'God with us').
• Matt 11:3 : 3 "Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"
• Gen 3:15 : 15 'And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.'