Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
'It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God' — this lapidary sentence concludes the third and most severe warning passage in Hebrews (10:26–31), addressed to those who 'sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth.' The phrase deliberately inverts the Old Testament's positive use of 'falling into the hands of God' (2 Samuel 24:14, where David chose God's punishment over human), showing that the same divine sovereignty that protects the faithful is terrifying to the apostate. The verse has been central in debates about apostasy, the unforgivable sin, and the perseverance of the saints, functioning as both warning and, by contrast, a ground of assurance for those who maintain faithful trust.
תרגומים נוספים
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
fearful <FI>is<Fi> the falling into the hands of a living God.
We may well go in fear of falling into the hands of the living God.
הפניות צולבות
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? …
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there …
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast …
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him …
For our God is a consuming fire.
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.