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Hebrews 10:6

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

KJV

ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ηὐδόκησας·

Greek NT

holocautomata pro peccato non tibi placuerunt.

Vulgate

In whole burnt offerings andsacrificesfor sin thou hadst no pleasure:

ASV

Holocausts for sin did not please thee.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εὐδοκέω
eudokeo
verb · 21×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
ὁλοκαύτωμα
olokautoma
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§462The Letter to the Hebrews refers to the same mystery: Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, Lo, I have come to do your will, O God."84
§606The Son of God, who came down "from heaven, not to do (his) own will, but the will of him who sent (him)",413 said on coming into the world, "Lo, I have come to do your will, O God." "and by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."414 From the first moment of his Incarnation the Son embraces the Father's plan of divine sa…
§2568In the Old Testament, the revelation of prayer comes between the fall and the restoration of man, that is, between God's sorrowful call to his first children: "Where are you? . . . What is this that you have done?"3 and the response of God's only Son on coming into the world: "Lo, I have come to do your will, O God."4 Prayer is bound up with human history, for it is the relatio…

Cross-references

  • Eccl 5:4 — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
  • Heb 7:27 — Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
  • Heb 10:4 — For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
  • Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
  • John 10:18 — No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
  • Lev 5:7 — And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a
  • Mal 1:10 — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offer
  • Matt 3:17 — And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.