“What is man that you think of him 5 or the son of man that you care for him?
10:8 When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them” 6 (which are offered according to the law),
8:11 “And there will be no need at all 12 for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. 13
1 tn Grk “in blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply you,” the Greek form of a Hebrew idiom showing intensity.
2 tn Grk “which God commanded for you (or in your case).”
3 tn Here, because of its occurrence in an OT quotation, τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς (tois adelfois) has been translated simply as “brothers” rather than “brothers and sisters” (see the note on the latter phrase in the previous verse).
4 sn A quotation from Ps 22:22.
4 tn Grk “remember him.”
5 sn Various phrases from the quotation of Ps 40:6 in Heb 10:5-6 are repeated in Heb 10:8.
6 sn A quotation from Hag 2:6.
7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 sn Ps 95 does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. It is possible that the writer of Hebrews is attributing the entire collection of psalms to David (although some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups).
9 tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).
10 tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”
8 tn Grk “they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen…” The Greek makes this negation emphatic: “they will certainly not teach.”
9 tn Grk “from the small to the great.”