Font Size
Hebrews 10
New International Version
Hebrews 10
New International Version
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All
10 The law is only a shadow(A) of the good things(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(D) those who draw near to worship.(E) 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.(F) 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.(G) 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats(H) to take away sins.(I)
5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world,(J) he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;(K)
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(L)—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](M)
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(N)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(O) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(P) through the sacrifice of the body(Q) of Jesus Christ once for all.(R)
11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(S) which can never take away sins.(T) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(U) he sat down at the right hand of God,(V) 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.(W) 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect(X) forever those who are being made holy.(Y)
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies(Z) to us about this. First he says:
16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”[b](AA)
17 Then he adds:
18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
A Call to Persevere in Faith
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence(AC) to enter the Most Holy Place(AD) by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way(AE) opened for us through the curtain,(AF) that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest(AG) over the house of God,(AH) 22 let us draw near to God(AI) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(AJ) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(AK) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(AL) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(AM) we profess,(AN) for he who promised is faithful.(AO) 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,(AP) 25 not giving up meeting together,(AQ) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(AR)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(AS)
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning(AT) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,(AU) no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire(AV) that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(AW) 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(AX) underfoot,(AY) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(AZ) that sanctified them,(BA) and who has insulted the Spirit(BB) of grace?(BC) 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d](BD) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”[e](BE) 31 It is a dreadful thing(BF) to fall into the hands(BG) of the living God.(BH)
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,(BI) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.(BJ) 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;(BK) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.(BL) 34 You suffered along with those in prison(BM) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.(BN) 35 So do not throw away your confidence;(BO) it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere(BP) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(BQ) 37 For,
38 And,
“But my righteous[g] one will live by faith.(BT)
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”[h](BU)
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
- Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33
- Hebrews 10:17 Jer. 31:34
- Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:35
- Hebrews 10:30 Deut. 32:36; Psalm 135:14
- Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
- Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
- Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)
Hébreux 10
La Bible du Semeur
Hébreux 10
La Bible du Semeur
L’inefficacité de la Loi et l’efficacité du sacrifice de Christ
10 La Loi de Moïse ne possède qu’une ombre des biens à venir et non pas l’image même de ces réalités. Elle ne peut donc en aucun cas amener à la perfection ceux qui s’approchent ainsi de Dieu sur la base des mêmes sacrifices offerts perpétuellement d’année en année. 2 Si elle l’avait pu, ceux qui participent à ce culte auraient depuis longtemps cessé d’offrir ces sacrifices car, purifiés une fois pour toutes, ils n’auraient plus eu la conscience chargée d’aucun péché.
3 Mais, en fait, ces sacrifices rappellent chaque année le souvenir des péchés. 4 En effet, il est impossible que du sang de taureaux et de boucs ôte les péchés. 5 Voilà pourquoi, en entrant dans le monde, Christ a dit :
Tu n’as voulu ╵ni sacrifice, ni offrande :
tu m’as formé un corps.
6 Tu n’as pris nul plaisir ╵aux holocaustes[a], ╵aux sacrifices ╵pour le péché.
7 Alors j’ai dit : Voici je viens
– dans le rouleau du livre, ╵il est question de moi –
pour faire, ô Dieu, ta volonté[b] .
8 Il commence ainsi par dire : « Tu n’as voulu ni sacrifice, ni offrande, ni holocaustes, ni sacrifices pour le péché ; tu n’y as pris nul plaisir. » Pourtant, ces sacrifices sont offerts conformément à la Loi. 9 Ensuite il déclare : Voici, je viens pour faire ta volonté. Ainsi il abolit le premier état des choses pour établir le second.
10 Et c’est en raison de cette volonté de Dieu que nous sommes purifiés du péché, grâce au sacrifice de son propre corps que Jésus-Christ a offert une fois pour toutes. 11 Tout prêtre se présente chaque jour pour accomplir son service et offrir souvent les mêmes sacrifices qui, cependant, ne peuvent jamais ôter les péchés. 12 Christ, lui, a offert un sacrifice unique pour les péchés, valable pour toujours, et il s’est assis à la droite de Dieu 13 où il attend désormais que ses ennemis soient mis à terre sous ses pieds[c]. 14 Par une offrande unique, en effet, il a rendu parfaits pour toujours ceux qu’il purifie du péché. 15 C’est là ce que le Saint-Esprit nous confirme de son côté. Car il dit d’abord :
16 Mais voici quelle alliance ╵je vais conclure avec eux
après ces jours-là, dit le Seigneur :
je placerai mes lois sur leur cœur
et je les graverai dans leur pensée.
17 Puis il ajoute :
Je ne tiendrai plus compte ╵ni de leurs péchés, ni de leurs fautes[d].
18 Or, lorsque les péchés ont été pardonnés, il n’est plus nécessaire de présenter une offrande pour les ôter.
Ne pas abandonner son assurance
19 Ainsi donc, frères et sœurs, nous avons une pleine liberté pour entrer dans le lieu très saint, grâce au sang du sacrifice de Jésus. 20 Il nous en a ouvert le chemin, un chemin nouveau et vivant à travers le rideau du sanctuaire[e], c’est-à-dire à travers son propre corps. 21 Ainsi, nous avons un grand-prêtre éminent placé à la tête de la maison de Dieu. 22 Approchons-nous donc de Dieu avec un cœur sincère, avec la pleine assurance que donne la foi, le cœur purifié de toute mauvaise conscience, et le corps lavé d’une eau pure.
23 Restons fermement attachés à l’espérance que nous reconnaissons comme vraie, sans fléchir, car celui qui nous a fait les promesses est fidèle. 24 Et veillons les uns sur les autres pour nous encourager mutuellement à l’amour et à la pratique du bien.
25 Ne délaissons pas nos réunions, comme certains en ont pris l’habitude. Au contraire, encourageons-nous mutuellement, et cela d’autant plus que vous voyez se rapprocher le jour du Seigneur.
26 En effet, si, après avoir reçu la connaissance de la vérité, nous vivons délibérément dans le péché, il ne reste plus pour nous de sacrifice pour les péchés. 27 La seule perspective est alors l’attente terrifiante du jugement et du feu ardent qui embrasera ceux qui se révoltent contre Dieu.
28 Celui qui désobéit à la Loi de Moïse est mis à mort sans pitié, sur la déposition de deux ou trois témoins[f]. 29 A votre avis, si quelqu’un couvre de mépris le Fils de Dieu, s’il considère comme sans valeur le sang de l’alliance, par lequel il a été purifié[g], s’il outrage le Saint-Esprit, qui nous transmet la grâce divine, ne pensez-vous pas qu’il mérite un châtiment plus sévère encore ?
30 Nous connaissons bien celui qui a déclaré : C’est à moi qu’il appartient de faire justice ; c’est moi qui rendrai à chacun son dû, et encore : Le Seigneur jugera son peuple[h]. 31 Il est terrible de tomber entre les mains du Dieu vivant !
32 Rappelez-vous au contraire les premiers temps où, après avoir été éclairés par Dieu, vous avez enduré les souffrances d’un rude combat. 33 Car tantôt vous avez été exposés publiquement aux injures et aux mauvais traitements, tantôt vous vous êtes rendus solidaires de ceux qui étaient traités de cette manière-là. 34 Oui, vous avez pris part à la souffrance des prisonniers et vous avez accepté avec joie d’être dépouillés de vos biens, car vous vous saviez en possession de richesses plus précieuses, et qui durent toujours.
35 N’abandonnez donc pas votre assurance : une grande récompense lui appartient. 36 Car il vous faut de la persévérance, afin qu’après avoir accompli la volonté de Dieu vous obteniez ce qu’il a promis. 37 Encore un peu de temps, un tout petit peu de temps[i], et
celui qui doit venir viendra, ╵il ne tardera pas.
38 Celui qui est juste à mes yeux ╵vivra par la foi,
mais s’il retourne en arrière, ╵je ne prends pas plaisir en lui[j].
39 Quant à nous, nous ne sommes pas de ceux qui retournent en arrière pour aller se perdre, mais de ceux qui ont la foi pour être sauvés.
Footnotes
- 10.6 Voir Lv 1.
- 10.7 Ps 40.7-9.
- 10.13 Ps 110.1.
- 10.17 Jr 31.33-34.
- 10.20 C’est-à-dire dans le lieu très saint, dans la présence même de Dieu.
- 10.28 Dt 17.6.
- 10.29 Autre traduction : par lequel cette alliance a été consacrée.
- 10.30 Dt 32.35-36.
- 10.37 Es 26.20 cité selon l’ancienne version grecque.
- 10.38 Ha 2.3-4 cité selon l’ancienne version grecque.
Hebrews 10
King James Version
Hebrews 10
King James Version
10 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
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.
Hebrews 10
English Standard Version
Hebrews 10
English Standard Version
Christ's Sacrifice Once for All
10 For since the law has but (A)a shadow (B)of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, (C)it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But (D)in these sacrifices (E)there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For (F)it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, (G)when Christ[a] came into the world, he said,
(H)“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in (I)sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, (J)“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will (K)we have been sanctified through the offering of (L)the body of Jesus Christ (M)once for all.
11 And every priest stands (N)daily at his service, (O)offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, (P)which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ[b] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he (Q)sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time (R)until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering (S)he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16 (T)“This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
17 then he adds,
(U)“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
The Full Assurance of Faith
19 (V)Therefore, brothers,[c] since we have confidence to enter (W)the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by (X)the new and living way that he opened for us through (Y)the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have (Z)a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts (AA)sprinkled clean (AB)from an evil conscience and our bodies (AC)washed with pure water. 23 (AD)Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for (AE)he who promised is faithful. 24 And (AF)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 (AG)not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and (AH)all the more as you see (AI)the Day drawing near.
26 For (AJ)if we go on sinning deliberately (AK)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, (AL)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 (AM)but a fearful expectation of judgment, and (AN)a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 (AO)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy (AP)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (AQ)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (AR)the blood of the covenant (AS)by which he was sanctified, and has (AT)outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, (AU)“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, (AV)“The Lord will judge his people.” 31 (AW)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But recall the former days when, after (AX)you were enlightened, you endured (AY)a hard struggle with sufferings, 33 sometimes being (AZ)publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. 34 For (BA)you had compassion on those in prison, and (BB)you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had (BC)a better possession and an abiding one. 35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has (BD)a great reward. 36 For (BE)you have need of endurance, so that (BF)when you have done the will of God you may (BG)receive what is promised. 37 For,
(BH)“Yet a little while,
and (BI)the coming one will come and will not delay;
38 (BJ)but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:5 Greek he
- Hebrews 10:12 Greek this one
- Hebrews 10:19 Or brothers and sisters
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
La Bible du Semeur (BDS)
La Bible Du Semeur (The Bible of the Sower) Copyright © 1992, 1999 by Biblica, Inc.®
Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
English Standard Version (ESV) 
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.