Devine Scripture

Hebrews 10:38

Hebrews chapter 10 · verse 38 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

KJV

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

Context

v.37For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.

v.38This passage

v.39But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 1:17

    For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.

  • 1 John 2:19

    They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

  • Psalms 5:4

    For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

  • 2 Peter 2:19

    promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

  • Zephaniah 1:6

    and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.

  • Habakkuk 2:4

    Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.