Hebrews 1:8

while of the Son he said – “God, your throne is for ever and ever; the sceptre of his kingdom is the sceptre of Justice;

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Speaking of the angels, he said – “He makes the winds his angels and the flames of fire his servants”;

9You love righteousness and hate iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the festal oil more abundantly than your peers.”

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Cross References

Psalms 45:6Your throne shall endure for ever and ever your royal sceptre a sceptre of equity.

Psalms 72:7In his days may justice flourish, and welfare abound, till the moon be no more.

Psalms 99:4You are a king who loves justice, equity you have established: justice and right you have wrought for Jacob.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 1:5-14

The Dignity of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a… Read the whole commentary →

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