Ephesians 4:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Therefore it is said, When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive [He led a train of vanquished foes] and He bestowed gifts on men. [Ps. 68:18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

Common English Bible

⁸ That’s why scripture says, “When he climbed up to the heights, he captured prisoners, and he gave gifts to people”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Because of this, he says: "Ascending on high, he took captivity itself captive; he gave gifts to men."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men.

Ephesians 4:8 Cross References

Esther 2:18

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

Psalm 68:18

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led thy captivity captive; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, That the LORD God might dwell with them.

Proverbs 30:4

Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

Ephesians 4:11

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

Colossians 2:15

having put off from himself the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Judges 5:12

Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

1 Samuel 30:26

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;