Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’”
- BSB Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
- NKJV Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”
- NASB “Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (It is written of Me in the scroll of the book) To do Your will, O God.’ ”
- NLT Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God— as is written about me in the Scriptures.’”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
Christ declares that he has come to do God's will, as the Scriptures foretold. His whole mission was obedient devotion to the Father.
Overview
The climax of the Psalm 40 quotation: Christ says, 'I have come to do your will, O God.' Where Israel's sacrifices failed, Christ offers perfect obedience. His coming fulfills what was 'written of him' in Scripture, and his obedient will is the foundation of our salvation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 40:7–8Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
- John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- John 6:38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- John 5:30I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
- Heb 10:9–10Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
- Jer 36:2Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
- Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Prov 8:31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Hebrews is sustained worship of Christ: better than angels, Moses, and the priests; the great High Priest after Melchizedek who by one sacrifice perfects forever those he saves.
How Hebrews 10:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.