Add parallel Print Page Options

36 For ye have need of [a]patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

37 [b]For yet a very little while,
He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.
38 But [c]my righteous one shall live by faith:
And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:36 Or, stedfastness
  2. Hebrews 10:37 Hab. 2:3f.
  3. Hebrews 10:38 Some ancient authorities read the righteous one.

36 You need to persevere(A) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(B) 37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(C) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](D)

38 And,

“But my righteous[b] one will live by faith.(E)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”[c](F)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
  2. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
  3. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)