37 For yet in a very little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.
38 But My righteous one[a] will live by faith;
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.(A)[b]

39 But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and obtain life.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:38 Other mss read the righteous one
  2. Hebrews 10:38 Is 26:20 LXX; Hab 2:3-4

37 For,

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

38 And,

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

39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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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)