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Hebrews 10:7

What does Hebrews 10:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Hebrews 10:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Hebrews 10:7 means

Here Christ declares, “Lo, I am come… to do thy will, O God.” His mission is grounded in Scripture and centered on obedience. The “roll of the book” signals that his coming fulfills God’s revealed plan. The heart of redemption is not human effort, but the incarnate Son willingly performing the Father’s will—even unto death. By setting obedience over sacrifice, the writer shows how Christ achieves what the old covenant could not. In him, God’s will is perfectly done in a human life, opening the way for a new covenant people formed not by repeated offerings but by a single, decisive act of obedience.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do thy will, O God.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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).

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Then said I: Behold I come: in the head of the book it is written of me: that I should do thy will, O God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Then I said, Lo, I come (in [the] roll of the book it is written of me) to do, OGod, thy will.

Context

Verses 5–7 present Christ’s mission through a Scripture quotation. Having stated that God did not ultimately desire sacrifices and that a body was prepared, verse 7 climaxes with the Messiah’s resolve to do God’s will. The author will immediately interpret this in verses 8–9, contrasting the old sacrificial order with the new established by Christ’s obedience. Verse 10 will then apply it to believers, asserting that through this will—and the offering of Jesus’ body—Christians have been sanctified once for all.

v.6In whole burnt offerings andsacrificesfor sin thou hadst no pleasure:

v.7This passage

v.8Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings andsacrificesfor sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law),

Cross references

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

  • John 5:30

    I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

  • John 6:38

    For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

  • Proverbs 8:31

    Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

  • Genesis 3:15

    and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  • John 4:34

    Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

  • Hebrews 10:9

    then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

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