Ephesians 4:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ That is why it says, “When He went up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to 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."

Ephesians 4:8 Cross References

Esther 2:18

And the sovereign made a great feast, the Feast of Estĕ

Psalm 68:18

You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive, You have received gifts among men, And even the rebellious, That Yah Elohim might dwell there.

Proverbs 30:4

Who has gone up to the heavens and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is His Name, And what is His Son’s Name, If you know it?

Ephesians 4:11

And He Himself gave some as emissaries, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as shepherds and teachers

Colossians 2:15

Having stripped the principalities and the authorities, He made a public display of them, having prevailed over them in it.

Judges 5:12

“Wake up, wake up, Deḇ

1 Samuel 30:26

And when Dawiḏ