King James Version

Hebrews 1

Hebrews in the King James Version. Each verse number opens that verse. Study, in the row above the verse, opens the Greek, the notes, the other translations, and the connections.

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Open Hebrews 1:1

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
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Open Hebrews 1:2

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
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Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
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Open Hebrews 1:4

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
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For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
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Translation Note
προσκυνησάτωσαν is a verb, aorist active imperative, 3rd person plural, from προσκυνέω. Dodson’s range for that verb is “I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.”
The King James Version reads “let all the angels of God worship him.” The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) reads “do obeisance.” Both English words sit inside that lexical range. Every New Testament occurrence is on the word page for προσκυνέω.
King James Version. And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says: “And let all of God’s angels do obeisance to him.”” Watchtower Online Library

Open Hebrews 1:6

And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
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And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
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Translation Note
The address is ὁ θρόνος σου ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. θεός here is a noun, nominative, singular, masculine. The vocative form of that noun is θεέ, which is not the form in the line. A nominative is still used as a direct address in Greek.
The King James Version reads “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.” The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) reads “God is your throne forever and ever.” Both are grammatical English readings of a nominative θεός beside “your throne.” The sentence is spoken πρὸς δὲ τὸν υἱόν, “but to the Son.”
King James Version. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “But about the Son, he says: “God is your throne forever and ever, and the scepter of your Kingdom is the scepter of uprightness.” Watchtower Online Library

Open Hebrews 1:8

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
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Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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Open Hebrews 1:10

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
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They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
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And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
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But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
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Open Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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