Hebrews 10:37

Amplified Bible

FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For yet in a very little while,the Coming One will come and not delay.

King James Version (1611)
For yet a litle while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tary.

King James Version
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

English Standard Version
For, "Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay;

New American Standard Bible
FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.

New Century Version
For in a very short time, "The One who is coming will come and will not be delayed.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.

Legacy Standard Bible
For yet in a very little while,He who is coming will come, and will not delay.

Berean Standard Bible
For, "In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.

Contemporary English Version
As the Scriptures say, "God is coming soon! It won't be very long.

Complete Jewish Bible
For "There is so, so little time! The One coming will indeed come, he will not delay.

Darby Translation
For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay.

Easy-to-Read Version
He says, "Very soon now, the one who is coming will come and will not be late.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For yet a very litle while, and hee that shall come, will come, and will not tary.

George Lamsa Translation
For the time is all too short, and he who is to come will come, and will not delay.

Good News Translation
For, as the scripture says, "Just a little while longer, and he who is coming will come; he will not delay.

Lexham English Bible
For yet "a very, very little while, and the one who is coming will come and will not delay.

Literal Translation
For, yet a very little while, and the One coming will come, "and will not delay." Hab.2:3

American Standard Version
For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.

Bible in Basic English
In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

Hebrew Names Version
"For yet a very little while, He who comes will come, and will not wait.

International Standard Version
ForHabakkuk 2:3-4; Luke 18:8; 2 Peter 3:9;">[xr] "in a very little while the one who is coming will return and will not delay;

Etheridge Translation
Because (yet) a little time, and a very little, and He who cometh shall come, and not be slow.

Murdock Translation
Because, yet a little,and it is a very little time,when he that cometh, will come, and will not delay.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For yet a very litle whyle, and he that shall come, wyll come, and wyll not tary.

English Revised Version
For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.

World English Bible
"For yet a very little while, He who comes will come, and will not wait.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For yet a little while, and he that cometh will come and will not tarry.

Weymouth's New Testament
For there is still but a short time and then "The coming One will come and will not delay.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For yit a litil, and he that is to comynge schal come, and he schal not tarie.

Update Bible Version
For yet a very little while, He that comes shall come, and shall not tarry.

Webster's Bible Translation
For yet a little while, and he that is coming will come, and will not tarry.

New English Translation
For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay .

New King James Version
"For yet a little while,And He [fn] who is coming will come and will not tarry.

New Living Translation
"For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.

New Life Bible
The Holy Writings say, "In a little while, the One you are looking for will come. It will not be a long time now.

New Revised Standard
For yet "in a very little while, the one who is coming will come and will not delay;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, yet a little while, how short! how short! The Coming One will be here, and will not tarry;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For yet a little and a very little while, and he that is to come will come and will not delay.

Revised Standard Version
"For yet a little while, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For yet a very lytell whyle and he that shall come will come and will not tary.

Young's Literal Translation
for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For yet ouer a litle whyle, and then he that shal come, wyl come, and wyl not tary.

Mace New Testament (1729)
only wait but a little while, and he that is to come, will come without delay.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"It won't be long before the one who is coming back will ride over the hill. He won't be late.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Therefore, believers, since we have confidence and full freedom to enter the Holy Place [the place where God dwells] by [means of] the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by this new and living way which He initiated and opened for us through the veil [as in the Holy of Holies], that is, through His flesh, ²¹and since we have a great and wonderful Priest [Who rules] over the house of God, ²²let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ²³Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word]; ²⁴and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds, ²⁵not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ's return] approaching. ²⁶For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate], ²⁷but a kind of awful and terrifying expectation of [divine] judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE and BURNING WRATH WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES [those who put themselves in opposition to God]. ²⁸Anyone who has ignored and set aside the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 26:20, Isaiah 60:22, Habakkuk 2:3, Habakkuk 2:4, Luke 18:8, James 5:7-9, 2 Peter 3:8, Revelation 22:20

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:23 - neither hast thou delivered 1 Kings 18:43 - Go again Psalms 37:7 - wait Psalms 37:10 - yet Psalms 42:5 - hope Psalms 70:5 - O Lord Isaiah 10:25 - For yet Isaiah 29:17 - yet a very Isaiah 35:4 - behold Isaiah 46:13 - shall not tarry Ezekiel 36:8 - at hand Haggai 2:6 - it is Matthew 11:3 - he that Matthew 24:33 - know Matthew 25:5 - the Luke 21:31 - the kingdom 1 Corinthians 1:7 - waiting 1 Corinthians 10:11 - upon 2 Peter 3:9 - is not Revelation 12:12 - because Revelation 13:10 - Here

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come,.... That the person spoken of is the Lord Jesus Christ, is evident from the prophecy in Habakkuk 2:3 here referred to, and from the character of him that is to come, Matthew 11:3 and from parallel places, James 5:7 and this is to be understood, not of his coming in the flesh, for he was come in the flesh already; though Habakkuk indeed refers to his first coming, yet not to that only, but including his second coming also; but of his coming in his kingdom and power to destroy Jerusalem, and take vengeance on the Jews, for their rejection of him: the kingdom of Christ was at hand, when he began to preach; upon his ascension to heaven, it began to appear more visible; but still the temple was standing, and that worship continued, which stood in the way of the glory of his kingdom; during which time the saints suffered much: but in a little while from the writing of this epistle, he, who was to come, did come, even within about ten years after this, and showed his power and his glory, in delivering his people, and destroying his enemies; see

Matthew 16:28. It may be applied to his coming to help his people in time of need; the afflictions of the saints are many; they are all for an appointed time, and but for a while; and Christ has promised to come, and visit them; and which he does often, and speedily, and seasonably: it may also be accommodated to Christ coming to take his people to himself by death; Christ may be said to come in this sense, and he will certainly come; and this will be in a little while; man is but of few days; death is certain, and should be patiently expected: and it may likewise be suitably improved, with respect to Christ's coming to judgment; that he will come is certain, from prophecies, particularly from the prophecy of Enoch, from his own words, from the testimony of angels, from the institution of the Lord's supper, till he comes, and from the general expectation of the saints; and this coming of his is desirable, because it will be the marriage of the Lamb, and the redemption of the saints, and because of the grace and glory that will be brought unto them, and because they shall then be for ever with him; and this will be quickly, in a little time, in comparison of the time that went before his first coming, and of the eternity that will follow after this; and though it may seem long, yet with God it is but a little while, with whom a thousand years are as one day; and however, since it is certain that he will come,

and will not tarry, beyond the appointed time, patience should be exercised.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For yet a little while - There seems to be an allusion here to what the Saviour himself said, “A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me;” John 16:16. Or more probably it may be to Habakkuk 2:3. “For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not he: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” The idea which the apostle means to convey evidently is, that the time of their deliverance from their trials was not far remote.

And he that shall come will come - The reference here is, doubtless, to the Messiah. But what “coming” of his is referred to here, is more uncertain. Most probably the idea is, that the Messiah who was coming to destroy Jerusalem, and to overthrow the Jewish power Matthew 24:0, would soon do this. In this way he would put a period to their persecutions and trials, as the power of the Jewish people to afflict them would be at an end. A similar idea occurs in Luke 21:28. “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh;” see the notes on that passage. The Christians in Palestine were oppressed, reviled, and persecuted by the Jews. The destruction of the city and the temple would put an end to that power, and would be in fact the time of deliverance for those who had been persecuted. In the passage before us, Paul intimates that that period was not far distant. Perhaps there were already “signs” of his coming, or indications that he was about to appear, and he therefore urges them patiently to persevere in their fidelity to him during the little time of trial that remained. The same encouragement and consolation may be employed still. To all the afflicted it may be said that “he that shall come will come” soon. The time of affiction is not long. Soon the Redeemer will appear to deliver his afflicted people from all their sorrow; to remove them from a world of pain and tears; and to raise their bodies from the dust, and to receive them to mansions where trials are forever unknown; John 14:3 note; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 notes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 37. For yet a little while — Ετι γαρ μικρον ὁσον· For yet a very little time. In a very short space of time the Messiah will come, and execute judgment upon your rebellious country. This is determined, because they have filled up the measure of their iniquity, and their destruction slumbereth not. The apostle seems to refer to Habakkuk 2:3; Habakkuk 2:4, and accommodates the words to his own purpose.