Hebrews 10:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'"

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε εἶπον, Ἰδοὺ, ἥκω (ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ,) τοῦ ποιῆσαι, ὁ Θεός, τὸ θέλημά σου.

Transliteration

Tote eipon, Idou, hēkō (in kephalidi bibliou gegraptai concerning emou,) of the poiēsai, O Theos, the thelēma of you.

Grammar Details

• *Tote*: adverb - then
• *eipon*: aorist, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I said
• *Idou*: aorist, middle, imperative, 2nd person, singular - behold/look
• *hēkō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I have come/am present
• *kephalidi*: dative, feminine, singular - scroll/head/roll
• *bibliou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of book/scroll
• *gegraptai*: perfect, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - it has been written
• *emou*: genitive, 1st person, singular - of me
• *poiēsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to do
• *Theos*: vocative, masculine, singular - God
• *thelēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - will/desire

Word Meanings

• *eipon*: I said/I spoke
• *Idou*: behold/look/see
• *hēkō*: I have come/I am here/I am present
• *kephalidi bibliou*: scroll of the book/head of the scroll/volume
• *poiēsai*: to do/perform/accomplish
• *thelēma*: will/desire/purpose/pleasure

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then I said, Behold, I have come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said I, Lo, I come(in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then I sayde: Lo I come in the chefest of the boke it is written of me that I shuld doo thy will o god.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde I: Lo, I come. I the begynnynge of the boke it is wrytten of me, that I shulde do yi wyll O God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then I sayd, Lo, I come (In the beginning of the booke it is written of me) that I should doe thy will, O God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayde I, lo I come (In the begynnyng of the booke it is written of me) to do thy wyll O God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (In the scroll of the book it is written of me) To do your will, God.'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book).

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Then I said,‘Here I am: I have come– it is written of me in the scroll of the book– to do your will, O God.’”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 40:7-8 : 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.'
• John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.
• John 6:38 : 38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.'
• Heb 10:9-9 : 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• 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.'
• John 5:30 : 30 I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.
• Prov 8:31 : 31 Rejoicing in His whole world and delighting in the sons of men.
• Jer 36:2 : 2 Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the days of Josiah until today.