King James Version

Psalms 40:7

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 40:8.

אָ֣זazat which timeאָזadverb — “at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.אָ֭מַרְתִּיamartisayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הִנֵּהhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.בָ֑אתִיvatito comeבּוֹאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “to come”, a completed actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בִּמְגִלַּתbimgilatin rollמְגִלָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in roll”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4039a rollroll, volume.סֵ֝֗פֶרseferbookסֵפֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “book”, the ordinary formH5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a bookbill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.כָּת֥וּבkatuvdescribeכָּתַבverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “describe”, a verb used as a describing wordH3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).עָלָֽיalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(40-8) Then said I: 'Lo, I am come with the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me:

Young’s Literal Translation

Then said I, 'Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

World English Bible

Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

Darby Translation

Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me —

Douay-Rheims

And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(40-8) Then said I: 'Lo, I am come with the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τότε εἶπον, ἰδοὺ ἥκω· ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου γέγραπται περὶ ἐμοῦ,

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Hebrews 10:7 Hebrews 10:7 · King James VersionThen said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.Hebrews 10:7 · King James VersionOpen the Source
it is written · in the volume of the book it is written of me · NT explicit, Edersheim’s rabbinic list
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.