Hebrews 10:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Φοβερὰ δέ τις ἐκδοχὴ κρίσεως καὶ πυρὸς ζῆλος, ἐσθίειν μέλλοντος τοὺς ὑπεναντίους.

Transliteration

Phobera but certain ekdochē kriseōs and pyros zēlos, esthiein mellontos the hypenantious.

Grammar Details

• *Phobera*: nominative, feminine, singular - fearful/terrifying
• *ekdochē*: nominative, feminine, singular - expectation
• *kriseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of judgment
• *pyros*: genitive, neuter, singular - of fire
• *zēlos*: nominative, masculine, singular - zeal/fury
• *esthiein*: present, active, infinitive - to devour
• *mellontos*: present, active, participle, genitive, neuter, singular - about to
• *hypenantious*: accusative, masculine, plural - adversaries

Word Meanings

• *Phobera*: fearful/terrifying/dreadful
• *ekdochē*: expectation/waiting for
• *zēlos*: zeal/jealousy/fury
• *esthiein*: to devour/to consume
• *hypenantious*: adversaries/opponents/enemies

Referenced Verses

• Isa 26:11 : 11 O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
• Ezek 36:5 : 5 therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.’
• Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
• Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the LORD,“for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them– all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.
• Heb 12:25 : 25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
• Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
• Jas 5:3 : 3 Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure!
• Rev 6:15-17 : 15 Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They said to the mountains and to the rocks,“Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
• Rev 20:15 : 15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.
• Mal 4:1 : 1 (3:19)“For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“It will not leave them even a root or branch.
• Matt 3:10 : 10 Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
• Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire!”
• Matt 8:29 : 29 They cried out,“Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
• Matt 13:42 : 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matt 13:50 : 50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
• Mark 9:43-49 : 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire. 45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. 47 If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched. 49 Everyone will be salted with fire.
• Luke 16:24 : 24 So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’”
• Luke 21:26 : 26 People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
• Luke 23:30 : 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains,‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills,‘Cover us!’
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
• 2 Thess 1:7-8 : 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• Ezek 38:19 : 19 In my zeal, in the fire of my fury, I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
• Dan 5:6 : 6 Then all the color drained from the king’s face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.
• Hos 10:8 : 8 The high places of the“House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains,“Cover us!” and to the hills,“Fall on us!”
• Joel 2:30 : 30 I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth– blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
• Nah 1:2 : 2 God Takes Vengeance against His Enemies The LORD is a zealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and very angry. The LORD takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.
• Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste. 6 No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.
• Nah 1:8-9 : 8 But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness. 9 Denunciation and Destruction of Nineveh Whatever you plot against the LORD, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time. 10 Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.
• Heb 9:27 : 27 And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,
• Isa 33:14 : 14 Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say,‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’
• Jer 4:4 : 4 Commit yourselves to the LORD; Dedicate your hearts to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done.”
• Num 16:35 : 35 Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
• Deut 32:43 : 43 Cry out, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge his servants’ blood; he will take vengeance against his enemies, and make atonement for his land and people.
• 1 Sam 28:19-20 : 19 The LORD will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!” 20 Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel’s words. He was completely drained of energy, not having eaten anything all that day and night.
• Ps 21:9 : 9 You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.
• Ps 68:1-2 : 1 For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him. 2 As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.