KJV King James Version
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
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Hebrews 10:37
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
WEB World English Bible
“In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.
ASV American Standard Version
For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;
Surrounding context — Hebrews 10
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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James 5:7-9Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.Habakkuk 2:3-4For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.Isaiah 60:22A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.Revelation 22:20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.2 Peter 3:8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.Matthew 11:3And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
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