Hebrews 2:9

Hebrews 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
• New International Version (NIV)But we do 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 the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

Context of Hebrews 2:9

7For a little while, You made him lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor. 8You put all things in subjection underneath his feet.” For when He put all things in subjection to him, He left nothing outside his control. But for now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. But we see One who was made for a little while lower than the angels—namely, Yeshua. He is now crowned with glory and honor, because of the death He suffered so that, by the grace of God, He might taste death for everyone. 10For it was fitting for God—for whom and through whom all things exist—in leading many sons to glory, to perfect through sufferings the initiator of their salvation. 11For both He who sanctifies and those being sanctified are all from one—so He is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

Hebrews 2:9 word by word

τὸν δὲ βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους ἠλαττωμένον βλέπομεν Ἰησοῦν διὰ τὸ πάθημα τοῦ θανάτου δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφανωμένον, ὅπως χάριτι θεοῦ ὑπὲρ παντὸς γεύσηται θανάτου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• we seeβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• Jesus, whoἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• was madeἐλαττόωelattoō · to make lessG1642
• a littleβραχύςbrachus · littleG1024
• ·τιςtis · oneG5100
• thanπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• the angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the sufferingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the sufferingπάθημαpathēma · sufferingG3804
• of deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• crownedστεφανόωstephanoō · to crownG4737
• with gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• honourτιμήtimē · honorG5092
• thatὅπωςhopōs · thatG3704
• heγεύωgeuomai · to tasteG1089
• by the graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• every manπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for Hebrews 2:9

• Hebrews 8:3For every kohen gadol is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, so it is necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
• Hebrews 10:5So when Messiah comes into the world, He says, “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
• Genesis 3:15I will put animosity between you and the woman— between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.
• Isaiah 7:14Therefore Adonai Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive. When she is giving birth to a son, she will call his name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will come forth out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch will bear fruit out of His roots.
• Isaiah 53:2For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, nor beauty that we should desire Him.
• Romans 8:3For what was impossible for the Torah—since it was weakened on account of the flesh—God has done. Sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh—
• Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of time came, God sent out His Son, born of a woman and born under law—
• Philippians 2:7But He emptied Himself— taking on the form of a slave, becoming the likeness of men and being found in appearance as a man.
• Psalms 21:3You granted him his heart’s desire, and You did not withhold the request of his lips. Selah
• Acts 2:33Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God and receiving from the Father the promise of the Ruach ha-Kodesh, He poured out this—what you now see and hear.
• Revelation 19:12His eyes are like a flame of fire, and many royal crowns are on His head. He has a name written that no one knows except Himself.
• John 3:16“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
• Romans 5:8But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us.
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things?
• 2 Corinthians 5:21He made the One who knew no sin to become a sin offering on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Commentaries on Hebrews 2:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Should taste death for every man - In consequence of the fall of Adam, the whole human race became sinful in their nature, and in their practice added transgression to sinfulness of disposition, and thus became exposed to endless perdition. To redeem them Jesus Christ took on him the nature of man, and suffered the penalty due to their sins. It was a custom in ancient times to take off criminals by making them drink a cup of poison. Socrates was adjudged…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9But we see Jesus - We do not see that mankind has the extended dominion of which the Psalmist speaks elsewhere. But we see the fulfillment of it in Jesus, who was crowned with glory and honor, and who has received a dominion that is superior to that of the angels. The point of this is, not that he suffered, and not that he tasted death for every man; but that “on account of this,” or “as a reward” for thus suffering, he was crowned with glory and honor…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. 9But we see Jesus: How can the church continue when evil and death exist? We look to Jesus in his human life, where he was "a little lower than the angels." We also look to him in his exaltation, where he is now "crowned with glory and honor." His suffering as a human led to his exaltation (see Philippians 2:5–11; compare Isaiah 52:13–53:12). See also Hebrews 12:1–13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. But--We see not man as yet exercising lordship over all things, "but rather, Him who was made a little lower than the angels (compare Lu 22:43), we behold (by faith: a different Greek verb from that for 'we see,' He 2:8, which expresses the impression which our eyes passively receive from objects around us; whereas, 'we behold,' or 'look at,' implies the direction and intention of one deliberately regarding something which he tries to see: so He 3:19…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 2:9

• Atonement
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Salvation
• Suffering

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Bondage
• Cup
• Heed
• Humiliation of Christ
• Neglect
• Recompense

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