Hebrews 1:8

1:8 but of ¹  the Son he says, ² 

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, ³ 

and a righteous scepter ⁴  is the scepter of your kingdom.

Hebrews 2:6

2:6 Instead someone testified somewhere:

“What is man that you think of him ⁵  or the son of man that you care for him?

Hebrews 3:15

3:15 As it says, ⁶  “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁷  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” ⁸ 

Hebrews 4:4

4:4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,” ⁹ 

Hebrews 6:17

6:17 In the same way ¹⁰  God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, ¹¹  and so he intervened with an oath,

Hebrews 7:25

7:25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Hebrews 9:26

9:26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

Hebrews 10:30

10:30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ¹²  and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” ¹³ 

Hebrews 11:21

11:21 By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff. ¹⁴ 

Hebrews 11:23

11:23 By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him ¹⁵  for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

Hebrews 12:5

12:5 And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?

“My son, do not scorn ¹⁶  the Lord’s discipline

or give up when he corrects ¹⁷  you.

Hebrews 12:10

12:10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “to.”

[1:8]  ² tn The verb “he says” (λέγει, legei) is implied from the λέγει of v. 7.

[1:8]  ³ tn Or possibly, “Your throne is God forever and ever.” This translation is quite doubtful, however, since (1) in the context the Son is being contrasted to the angels and is presented as far better than they. The imagery of God being the Son’s throne would seem to be of God being his authority. If so, in what sense could this not be said of the angels? In what sense is the Son thus contrasted with the angels? (2) The μέν…δέ (men…de) construction that connects v. 7 with v. 8 clearly lays out this contrast: “On the one hand, he says of the angels…on the other hand, he says of the Son.” Thus, although it is grammatically possible that θεός (qeos) in v. 8 should be taken as a predicate nominative, the context and the correlative conjunctions are decidedly against it. Hebrews 1:8 is thus a strong affirmation of the deity of Christ.

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “the righteous scepter,” but used generically.

[2:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “remember him.”

[3:15]  ⁹ tn Grk “while it is said.”

[3:15]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[3:15]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.

[4:4]  ¹³ sn A quotation from Gen 2:2.

[6:17]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “in which.”

[6:17]  ¹⁸ tn Or “immutable” (here and in v. 18); Grk “the unchangeableness of his purpose.”

[10:30]  ²¹ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

[10:30]  ²² sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.

[11:21]  ²⁵ tn Grk “worshiped on the top of his staff,” a quotation from Gen 47:31 (LXX).

[11:23]  ²⁹ tn Grk “Moses, when he was born, was hidden by his parents.”

[12:5]  ³³ tn Or “disregard,” “think little of.”

[12:5]  ³⁴ tn Or “reproves,” “rebukes.” The Greek verb ἐλέγχω (elencw) implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.