JW 1

JW-

1  Long ago God spoke to our forefathers by means of the prophets on many occasions and in many ways.+ ²  Now at the end of these days he has spoken to us by means of a Son,+ whom he appointed heir of all things,+ and through whom he made the systems of things.*+ ³  He is the reflection of God’s glory+ and the exact representation of his very being,+ and he sustains all things by the word of his power. And after he had made a purification for our sins,+ he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.+ ⁴  So he has become better than the angels+ to the extent that he has inherited a name more excellent than theirs.+ ⁵  For example, to which one of the angels did God ever say: “You are my son; today I have become your father”?+ And again: “I will become his father, and he will become my son”?+ ⁶  But when he again brings his Firstborn+ into the inhabited earth, he says: “And let all of God’s angels do obeisance to him.”*

Obeiasance = bow, curtsy, genuflect, as before a superior.

^NASB

⁶ And ^[f]when He again brings the firstborn into ^[g]the world, He says,

“And let all the angels of God worship Him.”

⁷  Also, he says about the angels: “He makes his angels spirits, and his ministers*+ a flame of fire.”+ 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.*

^NASB

⁸ But of the Son He says,

“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the righteous scepter is the scepter of ^[h]His kingdom.