Hebrews 1:11 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 1:11

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.

BSB

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ASV

They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

KJV

They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Hebrews (1107)

He suggests something more important than creation, namely, the transformation of the world. Everything will be changed from corruption to incorruption, and so easily, as if someone were rolling up a garment. If He will so easily accomplish the transformation and conversion of the world …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

They shall perish - That is, the heavens and the earth. They shall pass away; or they shall be destroyed. Probably no more is meant by the phrase here, than that important changes will take place in them, or than that they will change their form. Still it is not possible to foresee what changes may yet take place in the heavenly bodies, or to say that the present universe may not at some period be destroyed, and be succeeded by another creation still more magnificent.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The covenant of the possession of the earth was renewed with Noah and his seed on the renovated earth. So it shall be after the perishing by fire (2Pe 3:12, 13). remainest--through (so the Greek) all changes. as . . . a garment-- (Isa 51:6).

Modern Voices1 voice

Michael S. Heiser

"Naked Bible Podcast Episode 176: Hebrews 1:5-14" show notes (drmsh.com) (2017)

The writer of Hebrews builds on his assertions that the particular son of God (Jesus) who was the agent of creation, eternal wisdom, and the essence of God, by comparing him to other supernatural sons of God (angels).

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
αὐτοὶ	autoi	They themselves	G846 →
ἀπολοῦνται,	apolountai	will perish,	G622 →
σὺ	su	You yourself	G4771 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
διαμένεις·	diameneis	remain;	G1265 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
ἱμάτιον	himation	a garment	G2440 →
παλαιωθήσονται,	palaiōthēsontai	will grow old,	G3822 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G3822palaiothesontaiwill grow old,4×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:25
  but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 55:11
  so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
Through
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like…
leads to
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 102:25–26
  In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
leads to
- Isaiah 51:6
  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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