New English Translation
Hebrews 2:8
8You put all things under his control.” For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,
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
6Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him? 7You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor. You put all things under his control.” For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control, 9but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone. 10For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Read all of Hebrews 2Hebrews 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 2:5For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels.
- Hebrews 1:13But to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?
- Psalms 2:6“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
- Daniel 7:14To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty. All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving him. His authority is eternal and will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed.
- Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
- John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.
- John 13:3Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,
- 1 Corinthians 15:27For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. But when it says “everything” has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.
- Ephesians 1:21far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
- Philippians 2:9As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
- 1 Peter 3:22who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
- Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ – the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
- Revelation 5:11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand – thousands times thousands –
- Job 30:1“But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.
- Job 41:1(40:25) “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope?
- 1 Corinthians 15:24Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all 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
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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
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