Hebrews 10 · Verse 9

Hebrews 10:9

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Hebrews 10:9, King James Version

Hebrews 10:9 in other translations

BSBThen He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
WEBthen he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
ASVthen hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
YLTthen he said, ‘Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;
DARBYthen he said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first that he may establish the second;
BBEThen he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.
WebsterThen said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

What does Hebrews 10:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Then said he--"At that time (namely, when speaking by David's mouth in the fortieth Psalm) He hath said." The rejection of the legal sacrifices involves, as its concomitant, the voluntary offer of Jesus to make the self-sacrifice with which God is well pleased (for, indeed, it was God's own "will" that He came to do in offering it: so that this sacrifice could not but be well pleasing to God). I come--"I am come." taketh away--"sets aside the first," namely, "the legal system of sacrifices" which God wills not. the second--"the will of God" (He 10:7, 9) that Christ should redeem us by His self-sacrifice.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 9. Then said he. In another part of the passage quoted. When he had said that no offering which man could make would avail, then he said that he would come himself.

He taketh away the first. The word "first" here refers to sacrifices and offerings, he takes them away; that is, he shows that they are of no value in removing sin. He states their inefficacy, and declares his purpose to abolish them.

That he may establish the second. To wit, the doing of the will of God. The two stand in contrast with each other; and he shows the inefficacy of the former, in order that the necessity for his coming to do the will of God may be fully seen. If they had been efficacious, there would have been no need of his coming to make an atonement.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 He taketh away the first - The offerings, sacrifices, burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sin, which were prescribed by the law. That he may establish the second - The offering of the body of Jesus once for all. It will make little odds in the meaning if we say, he taketh away the first covenant, that he may establish the second covenant; he takes away the first dispensation, that he may establish the second; he takes away the law, that he may establish the Gospel. In all these cases the sense is nearly the same: I prefer the first.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 10:1-10

Chapter Outline The insufficiency of sacrifices for taking away sin, The necessity and power of the sacrifice of Christ for that purpose. (1-18) An argument for holy boldness in the believer's access to God through Jesus Christ, And for steadfastness in faith, and mutual love and duty. (19-25) The danger of apostacy. (26-31) The sufferings of believers, and encouragement to maintain their holy profession. (32-39)…

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Hebrews 10:9 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τότεtotethenG5119
εἴρηκεν·eirēkenHe has said;G2046
ἰδοὺidouBeholdG2400
ἥκωhēkōI have comeG2240
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doG4160
ὁhoof theG3588
θεόςtheosGodG2316
τὸtotheG3588
θέλημάthelēmawillG2307
σου.souof You.G4771
ἀναιρεῖanaireiHe takes awayG337
τὸtotheG3588
πρῶτονprōtonfirstG4413
ἵναinathatG2443
τὸtotheG3588
δεύτερονdeuteronsecondG1208
στήσῃ·stēsēHe may establish;G2476

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Cross references for Hebrews 10:9

  • Hebrews 7:18-19

    For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

  • Hebrews 12:27-28

    And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

  • Hebrews 10:7

    Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

  • Hebrews 9:11-14

    But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Hebrews 8:7-13

    For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lo.
9:11-14
He taketh.
7:18,19; 8:7-13; 12:27,28

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Context

  • Hebrews 10:8

    Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

  • Hebrews 10:9

    Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

  • Hebrews 10:10

    By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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Hebrews 10:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces dijo: Heme aquí para que haga, oh Dios, tu voluntad. Quita lo primero, para establecer lo postrero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– alors il dit: « Voici, je viens pour faire ta volonté ». Il ôte le premier afin d’établir le second.
German
Elberfelder 1871		"Siehe, ich komme, um deinen Willen zu tun".
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		tunc dixi: Ecce venio, ut faciam, Deus, voluntatem tuam: aufert primum, ut sequens statuat.