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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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;

Context of Hebrews 1:11

9You have loved what is right and hated what is wrong. That is why God, your God, anointed you, rather than your companions, with the oil of joy.” 10God also said, “Lord, in the beginning you laid the foundation of the earth. With your own hands you made the heavens. They will come to an end, but you will live forever. They will all wear out like clothes. 12They will be taken off like a coat. You will change them like clothes. But you remain the same, and your life will never end. 13But God never said to any of the angels, “Take the honored position—the one next to me on the heavenly throne until I put your enemies under your control.”

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 12:27The words once more show clearly that God will change what he has made. These are the things that can be shaken. Then only the things that cannot be shaken will remain.
• Isaiah 34:4All the stars in the sky will rot. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll. The stars will fall like leaves from a grapevine, like green figs from a fig tree.
• Isaiah 65:17I will create a new heaven and a new earth. Past things will not be remembered. They will not come to mind.
• Matthew 24:35The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
• Mark 13:31The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
• Luke 21:33The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
• 2 Peter 3:7By God’s word, the present heaven and earth are designated to be burned. They are being kept until the day ungodly people will be judged and destroyed.
• Revelation 20:11I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence, but no place was found for them.
• Revelation 21:1I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone.
• Psalms 10:16The Lord is king forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land.
• Psalms 29:10The Lord sat enthroned over the flood. The Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
• Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, you were God. You are God from everlasting to everlasting.
• Isaiah 41:4Who has accomplished this? Who has determined the course of history from the beginning? I, the Lord, was there first, and I will be there to the end. I am the one!”
• Isaiah 44:6The Lord is Israel’s king and defender. He is the Lord of Armies. This is what the Lord says: I am the first and the last, and there is no God except me.
• Revelation 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
• Revelation 2:8“To the messenger of the church in Smyrna, write: The first and the last, who was dead and became alive, says:

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

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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