Hebrews 10:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε εἴρηκεν, Ἰδοὺ, ἥκω τοῦ ποιῆσαι ὁ Θεός. Τὸ θέλημά σου, ἀναιρεῖ τὸ πρῶτον, ἵνα τὸ δεύτερον στήσῃ.

Transliteration

Tote eirēken, Idou, hēkō of the poiēsai O Theos. The thelēma of you, anairei the prōton, hina the deuteron stēsē.

Grammar Details

• *Tote*: adverb - then
• *eirēken*: perfect, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - he has said
• *Idou*: aorist, middle, imperative, 2nd person, singular - behold/look
• *hēkō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person, singular - I have come/am present
• *poiēsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to do
• *Theos*: vocative, masculine, singular - God
• *thelēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - will/desire
• *anairei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - takes away/abolishes
• *prōton*: accusative, neuter, singular - first
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *deuteron*: accusative, neuter, singular - second
• *stēsē*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - might establish

Word Meanings

• *eirēken*: he has said/he has spoken/he has declared
• *anairei*: takes away/removes/abolishes
• *stēsē*: might establish/might set up/might confirm

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then he said, Behold, I have come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. {G2316} He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and then sayde: Lo I come to do thy will o god: he taketh awaye the fyrst to stablisshe the latter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The sayde he: Lo, I come to do wil thy O God: there taketh he awaye the first, to stablysshe the latter:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then sayd he, Lo, I come to doe thy wil, O God, he taketh away the first, that he may stablish the second.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayde he, lo I come, to do thy wyll, O God. He taketh away ye first to stablyshe the seconde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  then he said, `Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

• World English Bible (2000)

  then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  then he says,“Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.

Referenced Verses

• 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 12:27-28 : 27 The words "once more" indicate the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
• Heb 7:18-19 : 18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless, 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
• Heb 8:7-9 : 7 If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one. 8 But finding fault with them, he says: 'Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.' 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and so I turned away from them, declares the Lord. 10 This is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 11 No longer will they teach their neighbors or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful toward their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more. 13 By calling this covenant 'new,' he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
• Heb 9:11-14 : 11 But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so their bodies are outwardly clean, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?