Hebrews 10:31

Hebrews 10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

a. ASV: It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  

b. YLT: Fearful is the falling into the hands of a living God.

d. Amplified Bible Classic: It is a fearful (formidable and terrible) thing to incur the divine penalties and be cast into the hands of the living God!

1. “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

a. [It is a] fearful [thing] [Strong: 5398 phoberós, fob-er-os'; from G5401; frightful, i.e. (objectively) formidable:—fearful, terrible.]

b. [Strong: 3588 ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.] [Thayer: [To] ὁ, ἡ, τό, originally τος, τῇ, τό (as is evident from the forms τοι, ται for οἱ, αἱ in Homer and the Ionic writings), corresponds to our definite article the (German der, die, das), which is properly a demonstrative pronoun, which we see in its full force in Homer, and of which we find certain indubitable traces also in all kinds of Greek prose, and hence also in the N. T.]

c. [to] fall [Strong: 1706 empíptō, em-pip'-to; from G1722 and G4098; to fall on, i.e. (literally) to be entrapped by, or (figuratively) be overwhelmed with:—fall among (into).]

d. into [Strong: 1519  eis, ice; a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases:—(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, +continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, +perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), …ward, (where-)fore, with.]

e. [the] hands [Strong: 5495 cheír, khire; perhaps from the base of G5494 in the sense of its congener the base of G5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):—hand.]

  

f. [of the] living 2198 záō, dzah'-o; a primary verb; to live (literally or figuratively):—life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.]

g. God [Strong: 2316 theós, theh'-os; of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:—X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).]