(A)You have made him [a]for a little while lower than angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor[b];
(B)You have put everything in subjection under his feet.”

For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now (C)we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

Jesus Briefly Humbled

But we do see Him who was (D)made [c]for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, (E)because of His suffering death (F)crowned with glory and honor, so that (G)by the grace of God He might (H)taste death (I)for everyone.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or ...him a little lower than...
  2. Hebrews 2:7 One early ms continues, and have appointed him over the works of Your hands
  3. Hebrews 2:9 Or a little lower

You made them a little[a] lower than the angels;
    you crowned them with glory and honor
    and put everything under their feet.”[b][c](A)

In putting everything under them,[d] God left nothing that is not subject to them.[e] Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.[f] But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor(B) because he suffered death,(C) so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while
  2. Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6
  3. Hebrews 2:8 Or You made him a little lower than the angels;/ you crowned him with glory and honor/ and put everything under his feet.”
  4. Hebrews 2:8 Or him
  5. Hebrews 2:8 Or him
  6. Hebrews 2:8 Or him

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

Thou hast 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 we see not yet all things put under him.

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

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