Hebrews 10:16

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Hebrews 10:16 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
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"This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'" then he says,
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    "This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'" then he says,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    “This the covenant that I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord, putting my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their mind.”

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    "This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'" then he says,
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
  • King James Version Public Domain
    This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them; `then saith he,'
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them; then saith he,
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    This is the Testament that I will make vnto them after those dayes, sayth the Lord, I wil put my Lawes in their heart, and in their mindes I will write them.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And this is the testament which I will make unto them after those days, saith the Lord. I will give my laws in their hearts, and on their minds will I write them:
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    `This `is' the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws on their hearts, and upon their minds I will write them,'
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    “This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD, giving My laws on their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,”
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    “This the covenant that I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord, putting my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their mind.”
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    This [is] the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith [the] Lord: Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;” then he says,
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    “This is the agreement that I will make with them later on, says the Lord. I will put my laws inside them, and I will write them in their minds.” Then he adds,
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    This is the agreement which I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts, writing them in their minds; he said,
  • Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
    “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds.”
  • Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
    This is the testament that I will make vnto them after those dayes sayth the lorde. I will put my lawes in their hertes and in their mynde I will write them

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ἐπιγράψω
epigráphō
G1924
“to inscribe”
Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular
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Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G1909 and G1125

TDNT: None

1. to write upon, inscribe 2. metaph. to write upon the mind
  1. αὕτη hoûtos G3778 “this” Demonstrative pronoun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
  2. ἡ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
  3. διαθήκη diathḗkē G1242 “covenant” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
  4. ἣν hós G3739 “who” Relative pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
  5. διαθήσομαι diatíthemai G1303 “to make covenant” Verb, Future, Middle deponent, Indicative, 1st person, Singular
  6. πρὸς prós G4314 “to” Preposition
  7. αὐτοὺς autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine
  8. μετὰ metá G3326 “with” Preposition
  9. τὰς ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Plural, Feminine
  10. ἡμέρας hēméra G2250 “day” Noun, Accusative, Plural, Feminine
  11. ἐκείνας ekeînos G1565 “that one” Demonstrative pronoun, Accusative, Plural, Feminine
  12. λέγει légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
  13. κύριος kýrios G2962 “Lord” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
  14. διδοὺς dídōmi G1325 “to give” Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
  15. νόμους nómos G3551 “law” Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine
  16. μου egṓ G1473 “I” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Genitive, Singular
  17. ἐπὶ epí G1909 “upon” Preposition
  18. καρδίας kardía G2588 “heart” Noun, Accusative, Plural, Feminine
  19. αὐτῶν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
  20. καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
  21. ἐπὶ epí G1909 “upon” Preposition
  22. τὴν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
  23. διάνοιαν diánoia G1271 “mind” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
  24. αὐτῶν autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
  25. αὐτούς autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine

About this verse

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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is ἐπιγράψω to inscribe G1924 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

ἐπιγράψω to inscribe G1924 occurs in 5 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

  • ἐπὶ upon G1909 ×2
  • αὐτοὺς he G846 ×4
  • ἡ the G3588 ×3

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Hebrews 10:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Jeremiah 31:33–34 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
  • Hebrews 8:8–12 For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
  • Romans 11:27 This is my covenant to them, When I will take away their sins."

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Commentary

Notes on Hebrews 10:16 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Scofield Reference Notes

C. I. Scofield

Lord

Jehovah, Heb 10:16; Heb 10:17; Jer 31:33; Jer 31:34.

The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Bengel's Gnomon

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Heb 10:16. Αὕτη, this) See ch. Heb 8:10; Heb 8:12.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary

Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer

Heb_10:16. Instead of τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ, Heb_8:10, the author here places πρὸς αὐτούς. Certainly not unintentionally. By means of the more general πρὸς αὐτούς, the more definite reference to the natural descendants of the patriarch as the recipients of the New Covenant receded into the background.

διδούς] attaches itself here also only to ἣν δοαθήσομαι; here it is true, with yet greater grammatical ruggedness than at Heb_8:10.

Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(16) I will put my laws.—Rather, putting my laws upon their heart, upon their mind also will I write them. The first part of the quotation (Heb_8:8-10 in part) is omitted, and also some later lines (the last words of Heb_10:10 and the whole of Heb_10:11 in Hebrews 8). In the remainder we notice some variations, which prove that the writer is not aiming at verbal agreement with the original passage, but is quoting the substance only. (See the Note on Heb_8:10.)

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

16. This is the covenant] Jer_31:33-34 (comp. Heb_8:10-12).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

This is the covenant that I will make with them,.... See Gill on Heb 8:10.

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Hebrews 10:17

heb 10:17

heb 10:17

heb 10:17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. See Gill on Heb 8:10. The words are cited to a different purpose here than there; the principal thing for which they are cited here, is to observe God's promise of non-remembrance of sin; which is no other than remission of sin, and which is not consistent with legal sacrifices, in which there is a remembrance of sin every year, Heb 10:3 and consequently, since this new covenant has taken place, legal sacrifices must be abolished, as the apostle argues in the next verse. In one of Beza's copies are inserted, at the, beginning of this verse, these words, "then he said", which seem necessary to answer to the last clause of Heb 10:15.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Ver. 16. I will put my laws] {See Trapp on "Heb 8:10"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

God promiseth his true Israel his entering with them into a new testamental covenant; after the days that the covenant administration at Sinai was expired, then the Lord saith, Jer 31:33, that he will renew minds and hearts by his Spirit, and contorm them to his will, that they shall be living, walking exemplars of his law; of both which see Heb 8:10. This work of sanctification of souls is properly inferred here, to prove that such as enjoy it are perfected by Christ, because the promise of holiness is joined with that of perfect righteousness. Formerly it was urged from the text to another purpose, to prove God’s will of changing the Aaronical administration of the covenant, because this was better. Here it is urged to prove the perfect effect of the sacrifice of Christ once offered to God, without which these promises of the covenant of justifying and sanctifying sinners had neither been made nor effected.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

16. This—A comparison will show that our author requotes with verbal variations but essential sameness.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jer. xxxi, 33, &c.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

The People's New Testament

B. W. Johnson

16, 17. This is the covenant, etc. See Jeremiah 31:33, 34; also notes on 8:10.

Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. It is thus God “perfects the sanctified,” by forgiving all their sins.

B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

16. Αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη. Jer 31:33-34 (comp. Heb 8:10-12).

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Alford’s Greek Testament

Henry Alford

16.] This is the covenant which I will make with them (in ch. 8:10, τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ. Here the prophecy is taken out of its national limits and universalized) after those days, saith the Lord: giving my laws into their hearts (ch. 8:10, εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν), and on their mind (ἐπὶ καρδίας, ch. 8:10) will I in scribe them:—

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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Hebrews, in the General Epistles, opens this verse with 26 words (20 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is epigráphō (“to inscribe”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

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  1. How does “to inscribe” (epigráphō) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. Mark 15:26 shares the word «to inscribe» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “upon” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. Reading how Scofield Reference Notes and Bengel's Gnomon read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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