DB1 | The Son Superior to Angels Hb.1.5-14 | NEB Contents | notes| 1 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 5 | For God never said to any angel, 'Thou art my Son; today I have begotten thee', or again, 'I will be father to him, and he shall be my son.' | The Son Superior to Angels Hb.1.5-14 | | | Τίνι γὰρ εἶπέν ποτε τῶν ἀγγέλων, Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, Ἐγὼ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ εἰς πατέρα, |
| 6 | Again, when he presents the first-born to the world, he says, 'Let all the angels of God pay him homage.' | - Let all God's angels worship him. Hb.1.6 | Dt.32.43 | Ps.97.7 | ὁταν δὲ πάλιν εἰσαγάγῃ τὸν πρωτότοκον εἰς τὴν οἰκουμένην, λέγει, Kαὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες ἄγγελοι θεοῦ. |
| 7 | Of the angels he says,
and his ministers a fiery flame'; | - Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire. Hb.1.7 | Ps.104.4 | καὶ πρὸς μὲν τοὺς ἀγγέλους λέγει, Ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα, |
| 8 | but of the Son,
and the sceptre Or: God is thy throne for ever and ever, and thy sceptre ... of justice is the sceptre of his kingdom. | - Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever Hb.1.8-9 | Ps.45.6-7 | πρὸς δὲ τὸν υἱόν, Ὁ θεός, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος, |
| 9 | Thou hast loved right and hated wrong; therefore, O God, thy God Or: therefore God who is thy God ... has set thee above thy fellows, by anointing with the oil of exultation.' | ἠγάπησας δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἐμίσησας ἀνομίαν· διὰ τοῦτο ἔχρισέν σε ὁ θεός, ὁ θεός σου, ἔλαιον ἀγαλλιάσεως παρὰ τοὺς μετόχους σου· | |
| 10 | And again,
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. | - Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning Hb.1.10-12 | Ps.102.25-27 | καί, Σὺ κατ' ἀρχάς, κύριε, τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας, |
| 11 | They shall pass away, but thou endurest; like clothes they shall all grow old; | αὐτοὶ ἀπολοῦνται, σὺ δὲ διαμένεις· καὶ πάντες ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσονται, | |
| 12 | thou shalt fold them up like a cloak; yes, they shall be changed like any garment. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.' | καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἑλίξεις αὐτούς, ὡς ἱμάτιον καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται· σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ καὶ τὰ ἔτη σου οὐκ ἐκλείψουσιν. | |
| 13 | To which of the angels has he ever said, 'Sit at my right hand until I make thy enemies thy footstool'? | - Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet Hb.1.13 | Ps.110.1 | πρὸς τίνα δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἰρηκέν ποτε, Kάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου |
| 14 | What are they all but ministrant spirits, sent out to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? | οὐχὶ πάντες εἰσὶν λειτουργικὰ πνεύματα εἰς διακονίαν ἀποστελλόμενα διὰ τοὺς μέλλοντας κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν; | |