Hebrews 1:13

Hebrews 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
• New International Version (NIV)To which of the angels did God ever say, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
• New King James Version (NKJV)But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”?

Context of Hebrews 1:13

11All these things will come to an end. But as for you, you will continue for ever. Like clothes, those things will all become old. 12Then you will put them away like an old coat. You will change them, like people change clothes. But you will always continue to be the same. Your life will never come to an end.’ Also, God has never said this to any of the angels: ‘Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies completely. Then you will be able to put your feet on them.’ 14So we see that all the angels are spirits who serve God. God sends them as his servants to help the people that he will save.

Hebrews 1:13 word by word

πρὸς τίνα δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἴρηκέν ποτε· κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• whichτίςtis · which?G5101
• of the angelsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• said heἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• at any timeποτέpote · once/whenG4218
• Sitκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• onἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• right handδεξιόςdexios · rightG1188
• untilἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• I makeτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• thineσύsu · youG4771
• enemiesἐχθρόςechthros · enemyG2190
• ·πούςpous · footG4228
• footstoolὑποπόδιονhupopodion · footstoolG5286

Cross-references for Hebrews 1:13

• Hebrews 1:5God never said this to any angel: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’ In another place in the Bible, God says, ‘I will be his Father, and he will be my Son.’
• Hebrews 1:3The Son shows us completely what God is like. He shines with God's great glory. His nature is the same as God's nature. The Son's powerful word causes everything to continue. He himself made it possible for us to be clean from our sins. After he had done that, he returned to heaven. He went and he sat at the right side of God, who rules with all authority.
• Hebrews 10:12But Christ, our special priest, offered one sacrifice to take away our sins. He did that once, for all time. After that, he sat down at God's right side to rule with him.
• Psalms 110:1The Lord God said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies. Then you will be able to put your feet on them.’
• Matthew 22:44“The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies. Then you will be able to put your feet on them.”
• Mark 12:36The Holy Spirit helped David himself to say: “The Lord God said to my Lord: Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies. The you will be able to put your feet on them.”
• Luke 20:42David himself said this in the book called Psalms: “The Lord God said to my Lord, Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies.
• Acts 2:34King David himself did not go up into heaven like Jesus did. But David said: “The Lord God said to my Lord: Sit at my right side until I beat your enemies completely.
• Acts 7:55But the Holy Spirit filled Stephen. He looked up to heaven and he saw the bright light of God's glory. He also saw Jesus, who was standing at the right side of God.
• Psalms 21:8You will use your strong power to take hold of your enemies. You will catch everybody that hates you.
• Psalms 132:18I will cause his enemies to be ashamed. But his own kingdom will be great!’
• Isaiah 63:3He says, ‘I have walked on the grapes alone. Nobody from the nations came to help me. I walked on them because I was angry. I squeezed them to pieces in my anger. Their blood splashed on my clothes, and it made all my clothes dirty.
• Luke 19:27Now I must punish these other people that did not want me to rule over them. Bring them here and kill them in front of me.” ’
• 1 Corinthians 15:25Christ himself must rule as king until he has won against all his enemies.
• Revelation 19:11I saw that heaven was now open. I saw a white horse there! The name of the man who was riding the horse was this: ‘A faithful, honest person’. He is always right when he judges people and when he goes to punish them in war.
• Revelation 20:15If anyone's name was not written in the book of life, God threw that person into the lake of fire.

Commentaries on Hebrews 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13But to which of the angels - We have already seen, from the opinions and concessions of the Jews, that, if Jesus Christ could be proved to be greater than the angels, it would necessarily follow that he was God: and this the apostle does most amply prove by these various quotations from their own Scriptures; for he shows that while he is the supreme and absolute Sovereign, they are no more than his messengers and servants, and servants even to his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But to which of the angels - The apostle adduces one other proof of the exaltation of the Son of God above the angels. He asks where there is an instance in which God had addressed any one of the angels, and asked him to sit at his right hand until he should subdue his enemies under him? Yet that high honor had been conferred on the Son of God; and he was therefore far exalted above them. “Sit on my right hand;” see notes on Hebrews 1:3. This passage is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-14Verses 4-14 Many Jews had a superstitious or idolatrous respect for angels, because they had received the law and other tidings of the Divine will by their ministry. They looked upon them as mediators between God and men, and some went so far as to pay them a kind of religious homage or worship. Thus it was necessary that the apostle should insist, not only on Christ's being the Creator of all things, and therefore of angels themselves, but as being the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The author ends this series of Old Testament quotes by citing Psalm 110:1. This verse celebrates Christ's exaltation (see also study notes on Luke 20:42–43; 22:69; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Ephesians 1:19–22). The image of the Son's enemies as a footstool under his feet shows their complete defeat (see Hebrews 2:8). In ancient times, a victorious king would place his foot on an enemy's neck or back as a sign of control.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Quotation from Psa 110:1. The image is taken from the custom of conquerors putting the feet on the necks of the conquered (Jos 10:24, 25).Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 1:13

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Stool

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Bitter
• Ministering
• Canon of the New Testament
• Footstool
• Gershom
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• King, Christ As
• Mediation; Mediator
• Person of Christ

Commentaries on Hebrews 1

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings