Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
in the roll of the book it is written about me—
    to do your will, O God.’

When he says above,

“Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin
    you did not want, nor did you delight in,”[a]

which are offered according to the law, then he has said,

“Behold, I have come to do your will.”[b]

He takes away the first in order to establish the second,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:8 Various phrases from the quotation of Ps 40:6 in Heb 10:5–6 are repeated here
  2. Hebrews 10:9 A repetition of Ps 40:8 from Heb 10:7; many later manuscripts add “O God,” making the quotation conform to Heb 10:7 more closely

Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(A)
    I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](B)

First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(C)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(D) He sets aside the first to establish the second.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)