Hebrews 10:7

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.

📖 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

• 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.'"

• 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then{G5119} said I,{G2036} Lo,{G2400} I am come{G2240} (In{G1722} the roll{G2777} of the book{G975} it is written{G1125} of{G4012} me){G1700} To do{G4160} thy{G4675} will,{G2307} O God.{G2316}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then{G5119} said I{G2036}{(G5627)}, Lo{G2400}{(G5628)}, I come{G2240}{(G5719)}(in{G1722} the volume{G2777} of the book{G975} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)} of{G4012} me{G1700},) to do{G4160}{(G5658)} thy{G4675} will{G2307}, O God{G2316}.

• 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 Then I said, Behold, I come: in the scroll of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God: yes, Your law is within my heart.
• John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.
• John 6:38 : 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own 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, O God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second. 10 By that will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Prov 8:31 : 31 Rejoicing in the inhabitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
• Jer 36:2 : 2 Take yourself a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.