Hebrews 1:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ [Taking a place and rank by which] He Himself became as much superior to angels as the glorious Name (title) which He has inherited is different from and more excellent than theirs.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

Common English Bible

⁴ And the Son became so much greater than the other messengers, such as angels, that he received a more important title than theirs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And having been made so much better than the Angels, he has inherited a name so much greater than theirs.

Hebrews 1:4 Cross References

Ephesians 1:21

far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.

Hebrews 2:9

but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

Colossians 2:10

and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.

Hebrews 1:9

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

Hebrews 12:17

You know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, even though he sought the blessing with tears.