Hebrews 1:11

Hebrews 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
• New International Version (NIV)They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment;
• New Living Translation (NLT)They will perish, but you remain forever. They will wear out like old clothing.

Context of Hebrews 1:11

9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions." 10And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, 12like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end." 13And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?

Hebrews 1:11 word by word

αὐτοὶ ἀπολοῦνται, σὺ δὲ διαμένεις· καὶ πάντες ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσονται,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• shall perishἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• butδέde · thenG1161
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• remainestδιαμένωdiamenō · to remainG1265
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• they allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• shall wax oldπαλαιόωpalaioō · to make oldG3822
• as dothὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a garmentἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440

Cross-references for Hebrews 1:11

• Hebrews 12:27This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.
• Isaiah 34:4All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.
• Isaiah 65:17"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
• Mark 13:31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
• Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
• 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
• Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
• Psalms 10:16The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
• Psalms 29:10The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
• Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
• Isaiah 41:4Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• Isaiah 44:6Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.
• Revelation 1:11saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
• Revelation 2:8"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.

Commentaries on Hebrews 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They shall perish - Permanently fixed as they seem to be, a time shall come when they shall be dissolved, and afterward new heavens and a new earth be formed, in which righteousness alone shall dwell. See 2 Peter 3:10-13. Shall wax old as doth a garment - As a garment by long using becomes unfit to be longer used, so shall all visible things; they shall wear old, and wear out; and hence the necessity of their being renewed. It is remarkable that our word…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11They shall perish - That is, the heavens and the earth. They shall pass away; or they shall be destroyed. Probably no more is meant by the phrase here, than that important changes will take place in them, or than that they will change their form. Still it is not possible to foresee what changes may yet take place in the heavenly bodies, or to say that the present universe may not at some period be destroyed, and be succeeded by another creation still more…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. 10-12These verses, quoting Psalm 102:25–27, celebrate the Son as both the creator and the one who ends creation. All created things will wear out like old clothing, and the Son will discard them (compare Hebrews 2:5; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1). In contrast, the Son of God will live forever.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. They--The earth and the heavens in their present state and form "shall perish" (He 12:26, 27; 2Pe 3:13). "Perish" does not mean annihilation; just as it did not mean so in the case of "the world that being overflowed with water, perished" under Noah (2Pe 3:6). The covenant of the possession of the earth was renewed with Noah and his seed on the renovated earth. So it shall be after the perishing by fire (2Pe 3:12, 13). remainest--through (so the…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 1:11

• Earth
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• Prophecy
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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