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  • Hebrews 1:8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 8 But about the Son, he says: “God is your throne+ forever and ever, and the scepter of your Kingdom is the scepter of uprightness.*

  • Hebrews 1:8
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 8 πρὸς toward δὲ but τὸν the υἱόν Son Ὁ The θρόνος throne σου of you ὁ the θεὸς God εἰς into τὸν the αἰῶνα age τοῦ of the αἰῶνος, age, καὶ and ἡ the ῥάβδος staff τῆς of the εὐθύτητος straightness ῥάβδος staff τῆς of the βασιλείας kingdom αὐτοῦ. of him.

  • Hebrews 1:8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 8 But with reference to the Son: “God is your throne forever+ and ever, and [the] scepter of your* kingdom+ is the scepter of uprightness.*+

  • Hebrews 1:8
    The Bible in Living English
    • 8* but as to the Son “God is your throne forever and ever, and the scepter of integrity is the scepter of his reign.

  • Hebrews 1:8
    American Standard Version
    • 8 but of the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

  • Hebrews 1:8
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 8 but as to the Son—Thy throne, O God, is unto times age-abiding, and—A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of his kingdom,

  • Hebrews 1:8
    King James Version
    • 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

  • Hebrews
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 1:8 it-2 72, 875, 1098; w07 3/15 6; rs 422

  • Hebrews
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 1:8 w84 3/1 31; w83 5/15 20-21; w79 1/15 13, 19; w79 4/15 30; lp 32-33; w71 635; ad 933, 1597; fm 40; w66 664; w63 134, 763; w47 295

  • Hebrews
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 1:8

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 72, 875, 1098

      The Watchtower,

      3/15/2007, p. 6

      Reasoning, p. 422

  • Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:8

      God is your throne forever: Jehovah God is Jesus’ throne in the sense that Jehovah is the Source of Jesus’ royal office or authority. Jehovah gave his Son “rulership, honor, and a kingdom.” (Da 7:13, 14; Lu 1:32) At Heb 1:8, 9, Paul quotes Ps 45:6, 7. The Greek text allows for the rendering found in many translations: “Your throne, O God, is forever.” However, there are good reasons to render it as in the New World Translation (and some other translations): “God is your throne forever.” For instance, the context at Heb 1:9 says, “God, your God, anointed you,” showing that the one addressed at Heb 1:8 (or at Ps 45:6) is, not Almighty God, but one of his worshippers. In addition, Ps 45:6, 7 was originally addressed, not to God himself, but to a human king of Israel who was appointed by God. As a prophecy, then, it likewise pointed to a great King whom God appointed​—the Messiah.

      the scepter of your Kingdom: “The scepter” that Jesus Christ bears is a symbol of his royal authority. (Ps 110:2; see Glossary, “Scepter.”) This is a quotation from Ps 45:6, which foretold that Jehovah’s Messianic King would always use his authority in the right way. That is why his scepter is called “the scepter of uprightness [or, “justice”].”

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