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


In Context

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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

5 For to which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

6 And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4taking a place by so much better than the angels, as he inherits a name more excellent than they.

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 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.