4taking a place by so much better than the angels, as he inherits a name more excellent than they.


In Context

1 God having spoken in many parts and in many ways formerly to the fathers in the prophets,

2 at the end of these days has spoken to us in the person of the Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

3 who being the effulgence of his glory and the expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,

4 taking a place by so much better than the angels, as he inherits a name more excellent than they.

5 For to which of the angels said he ever, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him for father, and he shall be to me for son?

6 and again, when he brings in the firstborn into the habitable world, he says, And let all God's angels worship him.

Hebrews 1:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.