Hebrews 10:38

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐκ πίστεως ζήσεται: καὶ ἐὰν ὑποστείληται, οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

The but dikaios from pisteōs zēsetai: and if he hyposteilētai, not eudokei the psychē of me in him.

Grammar Details

• *dikaios*: nominative, masculine, singular - righteous/just
• *pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of faith
• *zēsetai*: future, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - will live
• *hyposteilētai*: aorist, middle, subjunctive, 3rd person, singular - draws back/shrinks
• *eudokei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - takes pleasure in
• *psychē*: nominative, feminine, singular - soul

Word Meanings

• *dikaios*: righteous person/just person
• *pisteōs*: faith/trust/belief
• *zēsetai*: will live/shall have life
• *hyposteilētai*: draws back/shrinks/withdraws
• *eudokei*: takes pleasure in/is pleased with
• *psychē*: soul/inner being/self

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:17 : 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
• Gal 3:11 : 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
• Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
• Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
• 2 Pet 2:19-22 : 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
• Matt 12:43-45 : 43 ‹When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.› 44 ‹Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth› [it] ‹empty, swept, and garnished.› 45 ‹Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last› [state] ‹of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.›
• Matt 13:21 : 21 ‹Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.›
• Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
• Ezek 18:24 : 24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked [man] doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
• Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
• Zeph 1:6 : 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Who [is there] even among you that would shut the doors [for nought]? neither do ye kindle [fire] on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
• Ps 5:4 : 4 For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
• Ps 85:8 : 8 ¶ I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
• Ps 147:11 : 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
• Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
• Isa 42:1 : 1 ¶ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
• Matt 12:18 : 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
• 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: