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The Supremacy of the Son

Hebrews 1:12

In 9 translations

BSB
You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”BYZ and TR do not include like a garment.Psalms 102:25–27
KJV
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
WEB
You will roll them up like a mantle, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years won’t fail.”
ASV
And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
LSV
And You will roll them together as a mantle, and they will be changed, || But You are the same, and Your years will not fail.”
YLT
and as a mantle Thou shall roll them together, and they shall be changed, and Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.'
DBY
and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the Same, and thy years shall not fail.
DRC
And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
GNV
And as a vesture shalt thou folde them vp, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not faile.

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Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ὡς ἱμάτιον (“like a garment”); Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: ὡς ἱμάτιον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὡς ἱμάτιον; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἑλίξεις αὐτούς, ὡς ἱμάτιον καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται· σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, καὶ τὰ ἔτη σου οὐκ ἐκλείψουσιν.
RP2018
καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἑλίξεις αὐτούς, καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται· σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, καὶ τὰ ἔτη σου οὐκ ἐκλείψουσιν.
TR-Boyd
καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἑλίξεις αὐτούς, καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται· σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, καὶ τὰ ἔτη σου οὐκ ἐκλείψουσι.
SCR1894
και ωσει περιβολαιον ελιξεις αυτους και αλλαγησονται συ δε ο αυτος ει και τα ετη σου ουκ εκλειψουσιν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 102:26–27They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
  • Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
  • James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
  • John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
  • Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  • Psalms 90:4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

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