Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him."
New American Standard Bible
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
King James Version
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Holman Bible
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.
International Standard Version
but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."
A Conservative Version
But the righteous man will live from faith, and if he should withdraw, my soul is not pleased with him.
American Standard Version
But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
Amplified
But My righteous one [the one justified by faith] shall live by faith [respecting man’s relationship to God and trusting Him];
And if he draws back [shrinking in fear], My soul has no delight in him.
An Understandable Version
And my [i.e., God's] righteous person will [obtain] life by [his] faith [in God]. But if he turns back [from me], my soul is not pleased with him."
Anderson New Testament
But the just by faith shall live; and if he draw back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
Bible in Basic English
But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
Common New Testament
But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
Daniel Mace New Testament
the just shall have life by trusting in me, but if he revolt, he will be the object of my displeasure.
Darby Translation
But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.
Godbey New Testament
My righteous man shall live by faith: and if he may draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
Goodspeed New Testament
And he whom I accept as righteous will find life through his faith. But if a man draws back, my heart can take no pleasure in him."
John Wesley New Testament
Now the just shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
Julia Smith Translation
And the just one shall live by faith; but if he draw down, my soul is not contented in him.
King James 2000
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."
Modern King James verseion
Now, "the Just shall live by faith. But if he draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But the just shall live by faith. And if he withdraw himself, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Moffatt New Testament
Meantime my just man shall live on by his faith; if he shrinks back, my soul takes no delight in him.
Montgomery New Testament
But it is by faith that my Righteous One will live, And if he draws back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.
NET Bible
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
New Heart English Bible
But my righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
Noyes New Testament
Now my righteous man shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him."
Sawyer New Testament
but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he draws back my soul takes no pleasure in him.
The Emphasized Bible
But, my righteous one, by faith, shall live, and, if he draw back, my soul delighteth not in him.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
"The just man then will live by faith;" and if he draw back, my soul shall have no delight in him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And through faith the Righteous man shall find his Life, But, if a man draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in him.'
Webster
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man shall draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Williams New Testament
Meantime, my righteous servant will live by faith. But if a man draws back, my soul has no delight in him."
World English Bible
But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
Worrell New Testament
"But My righteous one shall live by faith, and, if he draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him."
Worsley New Testament
and the just shall live by faith, but if any draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'
Themes
Backsliding » Results of » Divine displeasure
Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
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Verse Info
Context Readings
A Serious Warning Against Continuing Deliberate Sin
37 For there is still but a short time and then "The coming One will come and will not delay. 38 But it is by faith that My righteous servant shall live; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him." 39 But we are not people who shrink back and perish, but are among those who believe and gain possession of their souls.
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Cross References
Romans 1:17
For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
Galatians 3:11
It is evident, too, that no one can find acceptance with God simply by obeying the Law, because "the righteous shall live by faith,"
Matthew 12:18
"This is My servant whom I have chosen, My dearly loved One in whom My soul takes pleasure. I will put My spirit upon Him, and He will announce justice to the nations.
Matthew 12:43-45
"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.
Matthew 13:21
It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind;
Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once for all been enlightened, and have tasted the sweetness of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:26-27
For if we wilfully persist in sin after having received the full knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains in reserve any other sacrifice for sins.
2 Peter 2:19-22
And they promise them freedom, although they are themselves the slaves of what is corrupt. For a man is the slave of any one by whom he has been worsted in fight.
1 John 2:19
They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.