Hebrews 2:8

Hebrews 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
• New International Version (NIV)and put everything under their feet.” In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.

Context of Hebrews 2:8

6But one has [solemnly] testified somewhere [in Scripture], saying, “What is man, that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man, that You graciously care for him? 7You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands; You have put all things in subjection under his feet [confirming his supremacy].” Now in putting all things in subjection to man, He left nothing outside his control. But at present we do not yet see all things subjected to him. 9But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while [by taking on the limitations of humanity], crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering of death, so that by the grace of God [extended to sinners] He might experience death for [the sins of] everyone. 10For it was fitting for God [that is, an act worthy of His divine nature] that He, for whose sake are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the author and founder of their salvation perfect through suffering [bringing to maturity the human experience necessary for Him to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest].

Hebrews 2:8 word by word

πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ. ἐν τῷ γὰρ ὑποτάξαι αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα οὐδὲν ἀφῆκεν αὐτῷ ἀνυπότακτον· νῦν δὲ οὔπω ὁρῶμεν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ὑποτεταγμένα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast putὑποτάσσωhupotassō · to subjectG5293
• all thingsπᾶςpas · allG3956
• underὑποκάτωhupokatō · underG5270
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• feetὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• he leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• not put underἀνυπότακτοςanupotaktos · insubordinateG506
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• we seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• not yetοὔπωoupō · not yetG3768

Cross-references for Hebrews 2:8

• Hebrews 2:5It was not to angels that God subjected the [inhabited] world of the future [when Christ reigns], about which we are speaking.
• Hebrews 1:13But to which of the angels has the Father ever said, “Sit at My right hand [together with me in royal dignity], Until I make your enemies A footstool for your feet [in triumphant conquest]”?
• Psalms 2:6“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
• Daniel 7:14And to Him (the Messiah) was given dominion (supreme authority), Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language Should serve and worship Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.
• Matthew 28:18Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
• John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has given and entrusted all things into His hand.
• John 13:3that Jesus, knowing that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was [now] returning to God,
• 1 Corinthians 15:27For He (the Father) has put all things in subjection under His (Christ’s) feet. But when He says, “All things have been put in subjection [under Christ],” it is clear that He (the Father) who put all things in subjection to Him (Christ) is excepted [since the Father is not in subjection to His own Son].
• Ephesians 1:21far above all rule and authority and power and dominion [whether angelic or human], and [far above] every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and world but also in the one to come.
• Philippians 2:9For this reason also [because He obeyed and so completely humbled Himself], God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
• 1 Peter 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God [that is, the place of honor and authority], with [all] angels and authorities and powers made subservient to Him.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who [always] loves us and who [has once for all] freed us [or washed us] from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)—
• Revelation 5:11Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and [the voice] of the living creatures and the elders; and they numbered myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands (innumerable),
• Job 30:1“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me, Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.
• Job 41:1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
• 1 Corinthians 15:24After that comes the end (completion), when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after He has made inoperative and abolished every ruler and every authority and power.

Commentaries on Hebrews 2:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Thou hast put all things in subjection … - Psalm 8:6. That is, all things are put under the control of man, or thou hast given him dominion over all things. For in that he put all in subjection - The meaning of this is, that the “fair interpretation” of the passage in the Psalm is, that the dominion of “man,” or of human nature over the earth, was to be absolute and total. Nothing was to be excepted. But this is not now the fact in regard to man in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-9Verses 5-9 Neither the state in which the church is at present, nor its more completely restored state, when the prince of this world shall be cast out, and the kingdoms of the earth become the kingdom of Christ, is left to the government of the angels: Christ will take to him his great power, and will reign. And what is the moving cause of all the kindness God shows to men in giving Christ for them and to them? it is the grace of God. As a reward of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8placed everything under his feet: See study note on 2:6–8. He left nothing outside of his control: All things are ultimately under the authority of Christ and the church. However, we have not yet seen this fully happen. Only at the end of the age (the final period of time when Jesus returns) will it be completed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (1Co 15:27.) For in that--that is, "For in that" God saith in the eighth Psalm, "He put the all things (so the Greek, the all things just mentioned) in subjection under him (man), He left nothing ... As no limitation occurs in the sacred writing, the "all things" must include heavenly, as well as earthly things (compare 1Co 3:21, 22). But now--As things now are, we see not yet the all things put under man.Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 2:8

• Man
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Commentaries on Hebrews 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings