Hebrews 1:8

1:8 but of ¹  the Son he says, ² 

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, ³ 

and a righteous scepter ⁴  is the scepter of your kingdom.

Hebrews 2:13

2:13 Again he says, ⁵  “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, ⁶  with ⁷  the children God has given me.” ⁸ 

Hebrews 3:15

3:15 As it says, ⁹  “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ¹⁰  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” ¹¹ 

Hebrews 10:9

10:9 then he says, “Here I am: I have come to do your will.” ¹²  He does away with ¹³  the first to establish the second.

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¹ tn Or “to.”

² tn The verb “he says” (λέγει, legei) is implied from the λέγει of v. 7.

³ tn Or possibly, “Your throne is God forever and ever.” This translation is quite doubtful, however, since (1) in the context the Son is being contrasted to the angels and is presented as far better than they. The imagery of God being the Son’s throne would seem to be of God being his authority. If so, in what sense could this not be said of the angels? In what sense is the Son thus contrasted with the angels? (2) The μέν…δέ (men…de) construction that connects v. 7 with v. 8 clearly lays out this contrast: “On the one hand, he says of the angels…on the other hand, he says of the Son.” Thus, although it is grammatically possible that θεός (qeos) in v. 8 should be taken as a predicate nominative, the context and the correlative conjunctions are decidedly against it. Hebrews 1:8 is thus a strong affirmation of the deity of Christ.

⁴ tn Grk “the righteous scepter,” but used generically.

⁵ tn Grk “and again,” as a continuation of the preceding.

⁶ tn Grk “behold, I,” but this construction often means “here is/there is” (cf. BDAG 468 s.v. ἰδού 2).

⁷ tn Grk “and.”

⁸ sn A quotation from Isa 8:17-18.

⁹ tn Grk “while it is said.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

¹¹ sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.

¹² tc The majority of mss, especially the later ones (א² 0278^vid 1739 Ï lat), have ὁ θεός (Jo qeo", “God”) at this point, while most of the earliest and best witnesses lack such an explicit addressee (so Ì⁴⁶ א* A C D K P Ψ 33 1175 1881 2464 al). The longer reading is a palpable corruption, apparently motivated in part by the wording of Ps 40:8 (39:9 LXX) and by the word order of this same verse as quoted in Heb 10:7.

¹³ tn Or “abolishes.”