| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. | 1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. |
| 2And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. | 2But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. |
| 3The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. | 3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. |
| 4This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names. The Son Is Greater Than the Angels | 4So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs. |
| 5For God never said to any angel what he said to Jesus: “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. ” God also said, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son.” | 5For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”? |
| 6And when he brought his supreme Son into the world, God said, “Let all of God’s angels worship him.” | 6And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.” |
| 7Regarding the angels, he says, “He sends his angels like the winds, his servants like flames of fire.” | 7Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.” |
| 8But to the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice. | 8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. |
| 9You love justice and hate evil. Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.” | 9You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.” |
| 10He also says to the Son, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands. | 10And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. |
| 11They will perish, but you remain forever. They will wear out like old clothing. | 11They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. |
| 12You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will live forever.” | 12You 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.” |
| 13And God never said to any of the angels, “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.” | 13Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”? |
| 14Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation. | 14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? |
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