37 For yet

“a very, very little while,
    and the one who is coming will come and will not delay.
38 But my righteous one will live by faith,
    and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him.”[a]

39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of our souls.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:38 A quotation from Hab 2:3–4

37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(A) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](B)

38 And,

“But my righteous[b] one will live by faith.(C)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”[c](D)

39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
  2. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
  3. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)