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International Version</a></span><br />For, &#8220In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hebrews/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hebrews/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For "Yet in a very while little, the <i>One</i> coming will come, and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hebrews/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hebrews/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“For yet a little while, <i>And</i> He who is coming will come and will not tarry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hebrews/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hebrews/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hebrews/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hebrews/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hebrews/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hebrews/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For yet in a very little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hebrews/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For yet in a very little while, the Coming One will come and not delay. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hebrews/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hebrews/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As the Scriptures say, "God is coming soon! It won't be very long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hebrews/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hebrews/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Yet, the one who is coming will come soon. He will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hebrews/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For, as the scripture says, "Just a little while longer, and he who is coming will come; he will not delay. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hebrews/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For "in a very little while the one who is coming will return— he will not delay;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hebrews/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hebrews/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hebrews/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"For in just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hebrews/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For yet a little while, and he that is coming will come, and will not tarry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For there is still but a short time and then "The coming One will come and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hebrews/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“In a very little while, he who comes will come and will not wait. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hebrews/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“For yet [in] a very, very little [while], He who is coming will come, and will not linger,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For "Yet in a very while little, the <i>One</i> coming will come, and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hebrews/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hebrews/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For yet a little while only, he coming will come, and will not tarry.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hebrews/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For yet a little and a very little while, and he that is to come, will come, and will not delay. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hebrews/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“For, in a little while, and somewhat longer, he who is to come will return, and he will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hebrews/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“For, after just a brief moment, he who is to come shall come; he shall not delay. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For yet “in a very little while, the one who is coming will come and will not delay;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the time is all too short, and he who is to come will come, and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“Because in a very short time, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/hebrews/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For yet a very, very little while, and He that comes will come, and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/hebrews/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For yet a little while, the one coming will come, and will not tarry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/hebrews/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For yet a little, very little while, and he that is coming will come, and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/hebrews/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />only wait but a little while, and he that is to come, will come without delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/hebrews/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For there is still but a short time and then "The coming One will come and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/hebrews/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />"For yet a little while, how short! how short! The Coming One will come, and will not tarry."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/hebrews/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For yet a little while, and He, that is coming, will come, and will not delay:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/10-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=2039" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hebrews/10.htm">A Call to Persevere</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">36</span>You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For,</a> <a href="/greek/2089.htm" title="2089: eti (Adv) -- (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; yet, still."></a> <a href="/greek/3745.htm" title="3745: hoson (RelPro-AMS) -- How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.">“In just a</a> <a href="/greek/3398.htm" title="3398: Mikron (Adj-AMS) -- Little, small. Including the comparative mikroteros apparently a primary word; small (figuratively) dignity).">little</a> <a href="/greek/3745.htm" title="3745: hoson (RelPro-AMS) -- How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.">while,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">He who</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: erchomenos (V-PPM/P-NMS) -- To come, go. ">is coming</a> <a href="/greek/2240.htm" title="2240: hēxei (V-FIA-3S) -- To have come, be present, have arrived. A primary verb; to arrive, i.e. Be present.">will come</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/5549.htm" title="5549: chronisei (V-FIA-3S) -- To delay, tarry, linger, spend time. From chronos; to take time, i.e. Linger.">will not delay.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">38</span>But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-3.htm">Habakkuk 2:3</a></span><br />For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20-21</a></span><br />Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed. / For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-8.htm">James 5:8</a></span><br />You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-20.htm">Revelation 22:20</a></span><br />He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-44.htm">Matthew 24:44</a></span><br />For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-8.htm">Luke 18:8</a></span><br />I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-5.htm">Philippians 4:5</a></span><br />Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Romans 13:11</a></span><br />And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2</a></span><br />For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-29.htm">1 Corinthians 7:29</a></span><br />What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-10</a></span><br />and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-13.htm">Matthew 25:13</a></span><br />Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-33.htm">Mark 13:33</a></span><br />Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-3.htm">John 14:3</a></span><br />And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20</a></b></br> Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/60-22.htm">Isaiah 60:22</a></b></br> A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/2-3.htm">Habakkuk 2:3,4</a></b></br> For the vision <i>is</i> yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/4-19.htm">Delay</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-9.htm">Little</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Short</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-12.htm">Slow</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">Tarry</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-16.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-13.htm">Wait</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">Delay</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-10.htm">Little</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm">Short</a> <a href="/james/1-19.htm">Slow</a> <a href="/genesis/19-2.htm">Tarry</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Time</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">Wait</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">The weakness of the law sacrifices.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">The sacrifice of Christ's body once offered,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/10-14.htm">for ever has taken away sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and thanksgiving.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>In just a little while</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the imminence of the event being discussed. The Greek word used here is "mikron," which means a short or small amount of time. Historically, this reflects the early Christian expectation of Christ's return. The urgency in this phrase serves as a reminder to believers to live in readiness and anticipation, maintaining faith and perseverance despite trials.<p><b>He who is coming</b><br />This refers to Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah. The Greek word "erchomenos" is used, which is a present participle, indicating an ongoing action. This highlights the certainty and continuity of Christ's return. In the broader scriptural context, this phrase connects to Old Testament prophecies, such as those in Isaiah and Daniel, which foretold the coming of a deliverer. It reassures believers of the fulfillment of God's promises.<p><b>will come</b><br />The repetition of the concept of coming underscores the assurance and inevitability of the event. The Greek "hexei" is future tense, reinforcing the certainty of Christ's return. This serves as a source of hope and encouragement for Christians, affirming that God's timeline is perfect and His promises are trustworthy.<p><b>and will not delay</b><br />This phrase assures believers that God's timing is precise and purposeful. The Greek word "chronisei" means to tarry or delay. Historically, this addresses the concerns of early Christians who were anxious about the timing of Christ's return. It echoes <a href="/habakkuk/2-3.htm">Habakkuk 2:3</a>, where God assures that the vision will come at the appointed time. This encourages believers to trust in God's perfect timing and remain steadfast in faith, knowing that His plans are always fulfilled at the right moment.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) The connection is this: "Ye have need of endurance" for "the end is not yet" (<a href="/matthew/24-6.htm" title="And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.">Matthew 24:6</a>); ye shall "receive the promise," for the Lord shall surely come, and that soon.<p><span class= "bld">A little while.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">a very little while.</span> The expression is remarkable and unusual; it is evidently taken from <a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm" title="Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be over.">Isaiah 26:20</a>--"Come my people . . . hide thyself for <span class= "ital">a little moment</span> until the indignation be overpast." The subject of this passage, from which the one expressive phrase is taken, is the coming of Jehovah "to punish the inhabitants of the <span class= "bld">And he that shall come will come.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">He that cometh will come and will not tarry.</span> In this and the next verse the writer of the Epistle takes up a passage, <a href="/context/habakkuk/2-3.htm" title="For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.">Habakkuk 2:3-4</a>, which occupies a very important place in the writings of St. Paul (<a href="/romans/1-17.htm" title="For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.">Romans 1:17</a>; <a href="/galatians/3-11.htm" title="But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.">Galatians 3:11</a>), and, as we have already seen (Note on <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm" title="Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,">Hebrews 6:1</a>), in the later Jewish teaching. St. Paul's citations are limited to a few words of <a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm" title="For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.">Hebrews 10:4</a>, "But the just shall live by faith;" here are quoted the whole of the fourth verse and part of the third. Perhaps it is too much to say that they are <span class= "ital">quoted, </span>they are rather applied, for, as will be seen, the order of the clauses (see next verse) is changed, and some alterations are made in the language. It is important in this Epistle to discriminate between the instances of direct quotation from the Scripture, where the word of God is appealed to as furnishing proof, and those in which passages of the Old Testament are explained and applied (see the Note on <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm" title="Why when he comes into the world, he said, Sacrifice and offering you would not, but a body have you prepared me:">Hebrews 10:5</a>). The words before us nearly agree with the LXX., "If he delay, wait for him, because coming he will come, and will not tarry." The subject of the sentence there is not clear; probably the translator believed that the Lord spoke thus of His own coming, or the coming of the future Deliverer. In the Hebrew all relates to the vision, "it will surely come, it will not tarry." The only difference between the LXX. and the words as they stand here consists in the substitution of "He that cometh" for "coming." Now the reference to the Deliverer and Judge is made plain. No designation of the Messiah, perhaps, was more familiar than "He that cometh" (<a href="/matthew/11-3.htm" title="And said to him, Are you he that should come, or do we look for another?">Matthew 11:3</a>, <span class= "ital">et al.</span>); but in is here employed with a new reference--to the second advent in place of the first. The departure from the sense of the Hebrew is not as great as may at first appear. When the prophet says "The <span class= "ital">vision</span> . . . shall surely come," it is of that which the vision revealed that he speaks, <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>of the fall of the Chaldeans; but the salvation of Israel from present danger is throughout the prophets the symbol of the great deliverance (comp. <a href="/hebrews/12-26.htm" title="Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.">Hebrews 12:26</a> and <a href="/haggai/2-6.htm" title="For thus said the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;">Haggai 2:6</a>). With this verse comp. <a href="/hebrews/10-25.htm" title="Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching.">Hebrews 10:25</a>; also <a href="/philippians/4-5.htm" title="Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.">Philippians 4:5</a>; <a href="/james/5-8.htm" title="Be you also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near.">James 5:8</a>; <a href="/1_peter/4-7.htm" title="But the end of all things is at hand: be you therefore sober, and watch to prayer.">1Peter 4:7</a>; <a href="/revelation/1-3.htm" title="Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.">Revelation 1:3</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-20.htm" title="He which testifies these things said, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.">Revelation 22:20</a>, <span class= "ital">et al.</span>; and, in regard to the application of the prophecy, <a href="/context/hebrews/10-27.htm" title="But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.">Hebrews 10:27-28</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-30.htm" title="For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs to me, I will recompense, said the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.">Hebrews 10:30</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 37, 38.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For yet a little</span> (rather, <span class="accented">very little</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>while, and he that cometh will come, and will not tarry. But the just shall live by faith: and if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.</span> In these verses, after the manner of the Epistle, what is being urged is supported by an Old Testament quotation (<a href="/habakkuk/2-3.htm">Habakkuk 2:3, 4</a>), its drift being <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> the certainty, notwithstanding delay, of the fulfillment of the Divine promise; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> the necessity meanwhile of continuance in faith and perseverance. The quotation serves also as a step of transition (this, too, after the Epistle's manner) to the disquisition on <span class="accented">faith</span>, which forms the subject of the following chapter. For the prophet speaks of <span class="accented">faith</span> as what the righteous one is to live by until the Lord come. It was <span class="accented">faith -</span> a fuller faith - that the Hebrew Christians wanted to preserve them from the faltering of which they showed some signs; and the requirement of <span class="accented">faith</span> was no new thing - it had been the essential principle of all true religious life from the beginning, and thus is led up to the review which follows of the Old Testament history, showing that this had always been so. The quotation, as usual, is from the LXX., which, in this case as in some others, differs from the Hebrew. But here, as in ver. 29, <span class="accented">supra</span>, the LXX. is not exactly followed. The writer cites freely, so as to apply the essential meaning of the passage to his purpose. The Prophet Habakkuk (writing probably during the long evil days of Manasseh) had in his immediate view the trials of faith peculiar to his own time - violence and iniquity in Israel, and imminence of judgment at the hands of Chaldean conquerors, under which he had cried, "O Lord, how long?" But he stands upon his watch and sits upon his tower, to look out what the LORD will say to him in answer to his difficulties. And the LORD answered him, and said, "<span class="accented">Write</span> the vision, and make it plain upon the tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie [rather, 'but it hasteth to the end, and doth not lie']: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, and not tarry [or, 'be behindhand']. Behold, his soul that is lifted up is not upright in him [or, 'behold, his soul is lifted up, it is not upright in him']; but the just shall live by his faith." The drift of this Divine answer, which inspired the song of joyful confidence with which the Book of Habakkuk so beautifully concludes, is, as aforesaid, that, in spite of all appearances, the prophetic vision will ere long be realized; God's promises to the righteous will certainly be fulfilled; and that faith meanwhile must be their sustaining principle. The variations of the LXX. from the Hebrew are: <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> <span class="greek">Ἐρχόμενος</span> <span class="greek">ἥξει</span>, instead of "It (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the vision) shall come;" . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hebrews/10-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For,</span><br /><span class="grk">γὰρ</span> <span class="translit">(gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> </span><span class="str2">For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“In just a</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅσον</span> <span class="translit">(hoson)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3745.htm">Strong's 3745: </a> </span><span class="str2">How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">little</span><br /><span class="grk">Μικρὸν</span> <span class="translit">(Mikron)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3398.htm">Strong's 3398: </a> </span><span class="str2">Little, small. Including the comparative mikroteros apparently a primary word; small (figuratively) dignity).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">while,</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅσον</span> <span class="translit">(hoson)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3745.htm">Strong's 3745: </a> </span><span class="str2">How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He who</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is coming</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐρχόμενος</span> <span class="translit">(erchomenos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come, go. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">will come</span><br /><span class="grk">ἥξει</span> <span class="translit">(hēxei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2240.htm">Strong's 2240: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have come, be present, have arrived. A primary verb; to arrive, i.e. Be present.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not delay.</span><br /><span class="grk">χρονίσει</span> <span class="translit">(chronisei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5549.htm">Strong's 5549: </a> </span><span class="str2">To delay, tarry, linger, spend time. From chronos; to take time, i.e. Linger.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hebrews/10-37.htm">Hebrews 10:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hebrews/10-37.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 10:37 In a very little while he who (Heb. He. 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