8This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men."


In Context

5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.

8 This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men."

9 (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ?

10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)

Ephesians 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8Therefore he says, |When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8wherefore, he saith, 'Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Why he said, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.