King James Version
Hebrews 10:30 in the King James Version says “For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shal...” — study this verse from Hebrews chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.”
Hebrews 10:30 · KJV
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“we know”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“saith”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“The Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“again”
G3825(adverbially) anew, i.e., (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjunctionally) furthermore or on the other hand
“The Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“people”
G2992a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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