The Son Made Lower than Angels(A)

For He has not put (B)the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. But one testified in a certain place, saying:

(C)“What is man that You are mindful of him,
Or the son of man that You take care of him?
You have made him [a]a little lower than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
[b]And set him over the works of Your hands.
(D)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 (E)we do not yet see all things put under him.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or for a little while
  2. Hebrews 2:7 NU, M omit the rest of v. 7.

The Son’s Humiliation and Suffering

For he did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking. But someone testified somewhere, saying,

“What is man, that you remember him,
    or the son of man, that you care for him?
You made him for a short time lower than the angels;
    you crowned him with glory and honor;[a]
    you subjected all things under his feet.[b]

For in subjecting all things,[c] he left nothing that was not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:7 Several important manuscripts add “and placed him over the works of your hands” to the end of v. 7
  2. Hebrews 2:8 A quotation from Ps 8:4–6
  3. Hebrews 2:8 Some manuscripts have “subjecting all things to him”