The Meaning of Hebrews 10:6 Explained

Hebrews 10:6

KJV: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

YLT: in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight,

Darby: Thou tookest no pleasure in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin.

ASV: In whole burnt offerings and'sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In burnt offerings  and  [sacrifices] for  sin  thou hast had  no  pleasure. 

What does Hebrews 10:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Hebrews 10:1-10 - "lo, I Come To Do Thy Will"
When a heavenly body is in eclipse it can be examined with even greater precision than when the astronomer's eye is directed toward its burning glory; so in Leviticus we can discover details of our Lord's atonement otherwise overlooked. This is notably the case in Leviticus 1:1-17; Leviticus 2:1-16; Leviticus 3:1-17; Leviticus 4:1-35.
The keywords of this chapter are year by year and day by day as contrasted with continually and forever. Repetition means imperfection. The ancient offerers of sacrifice could never be sure that they were finally accepted. Each year they had to go over the odd ground. How different from us, who have heard Jesus say, "It is finished"!
The spirit of inspiration offers to us the secret of our Savior's work in His voluntary identification with the divine purposes. It was not so much His outward anguish and blood-shedding that made reconciliation possible, as His cry, "Not my will, my Father, but thine." His attitude reminds us of the ancient custom of boring fast to the door the ear of the servant, who desired never again to leave His master's service. "Mine ears hast thou bored." See Psalms 40:6, margin. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hebrews 10

1  The weakness of the law sacrifices
10  The sacrifice of Christ's body once offered,
14  for ever has taken away sins
19  An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and thanksgiving

Greek Commentary for Hebrews 10:6

Thou hadst no pleasure [ουκ ευδοκησας]
First aorist active indicative of ευδοκεω — eudokeō common for God‘s good pleasure (Matthew 3:17). God took no pleasure in the animal offering (τυσιαν — thusian), the meal-offering (προσποραν — prosphoran), the burnt-offering (ολοκαυτωματα — holokautōmata), the sin-offering (περι αμαρτιας — peri hamartias concerning sin). [source]
Burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin [ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας]
The burnt-offering and the sin-offering. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Hebrews 10:6

Hebrews 10:8 Saying above [ανωτερον λεγων]
Christ speaking as in Hebrews 10:5. “Higher up” (ανωτερον — anōteron comparative of ανω — anō up) refers to Hebrews 10:5, Hebrews 10:6 which are quoted again. [source]

What do the individual words in Hebrews 10:6 mean?

Burnt offerings and [offerings] for sin not You have delighted in
Ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας Οὐκ εὐδόκησας

Ὁλοκαυτώματα  Burnt  offerings 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: ὁλοκαύτωμα  
Sense: a whole burnt offering.
περὶ  [offerings]  for 
Parse: Preposition
Root: περί 
Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near.
ἁμαρτίας  sin 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root: ἁμαρτία  
Sense: equivalent to 264.
εὐδόκησας  You  have  delighted  in 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: εὐδοκέω  
Sense: it seems good to one, is one’s good pleasure.