Hebrews 8:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη ἣν διαθήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραὴλ μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας, λέγει Κύριος· διδοὺς νόμους μου εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίας αὐτῶν ἐπιγράψω αὐτούς: καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς εἰς Θεὸν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι εἰς λαόν:

Transliteration

Because this the diathēkē which diathēsomai to the oikō Israēl after the hēmeras ekeinas, legei Kyrios; didous nomous of me into the dianoian of them, and upon kardias of them epigraphō them: and esomai to them for Theon, and they esontai to me for laon:

Grammar Details

• *diathēkē*: nominative, feminine, singular - covenant/testament
• *diathēsomai*: future middle indicative, 1st person singular - I will establish/covenant
• *oikō*: dative, masculine, singular - house/household
• *hēmeras*: accusative, feminine, plural - days
• *ekeinas*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, feminine, plural - those
• *legei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says
• *didous*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - giving
• *nomous*: accusative, masculine, plural - laws
• *dianoian*: accusative, feminine, singular - mind/understanding
• *kardias*: accusative, feminine, plural - hearts
• *epigraphō*: future active indicative, 1st person singular - I will write/inscribe
• *esomai*: future middle indicative, 1st person singular - I will be
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
• *esontai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they will be
• *laon*: accusative, masculine, singular - people

Word Meanings

• *diathēsomai*: I will establish/make/covenant with
• *dianoian*: mind/understanding/intellect
• *epigraphō*: I will write upon/inscribe/engrave

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them {G1519} a God, And they shall be to me {G1519} a people:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For this is the testament that I will make with the housse of Israhell: After those dayes sayth the LORde: I will put my lawes in their myndes and in their hertes I will wryte the and I wilbe their God and they shalbe my people.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For this is the Testament, that I wil make wt the house of Israell after those dayes, sayeth the LORDE. I wyl geue my lawes in their mynde, and in their hertes wyl I wryte them: And I wil be their God, and they shal be my people:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For this is the Testament that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawes in their minde, and in their heart I will write them, and I wil be their God, and they shalbe my people,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For this is the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes, saith the Lord, geuyng my lawes into their mynde, and in their heart I wyl write them, and I wyll be to them a God, and they shalbe to me a people.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be to them a God, And they will be to me a people.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  because this `is' the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 31:33 : 33 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 It is clear that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
• Ezek 36:26-28 : 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to follow my statutes and carefully observe my ordinances. 28 You will dwell in the land I gave to your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.
• Ezek 11:19-20 : 19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh. 20 Then they will follow My statutes, keep My judgments, and carry them out. They will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Heb 10:16-17 : 16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts and write them on their minds." 17 Then He adds: 'Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no longer.'
• Deut 30:6 : 6 The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
• Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he says in Hosea: 'I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and her who was not beloved, ‘Beloved.’' 26 And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
• Jer 24:7 : 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
• Rom 11:27 : 27 And this will be My covenant with them when I take away their sins."
• 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
• Jas 1:21 : 21 Therefore, rid yourselves of all moral filth and the excess of evil, and humbly accept the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
• Zech 8:8 : 8 I will bring them back to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.
• Ezek 37:27 : 27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
• 2 Cor 3:7-8 : 7 If the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not look intently at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was passing away, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
• Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’
• Matt 22:32 : 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.'
• Jer 32:38 : 38 They will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Exod 34:1 : 1 The LORD said to Moses, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke."
• Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
• Jer 32:40 : 40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant; I will never turn away from doing good to them. I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
• Ezek 39:22 : 22 From that day forward, the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
• Hos 2:23 : 23 On that day, I will answer, declares the LORD. I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth.
• Song 2:16 : 16 My beloved is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now, if you will carefully listen to My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations, for the whole earth is Mine. 6 You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.
• Exod 24:4 : 4 Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Exod 24:7 : 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."
• 1 Cor 6:16 : 16 Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."
• Heb 11:16 : 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
• Jas 1:18 : 18 By His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
• Exod 34:27 : 27 The LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."