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Selected Verse: Hebrews 1:12 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Heb 1:12 |
King James |
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
vesture--Greek, "an enwrapping cloak."
fold them up--So the Septuagint, Psa 102:26; but the Hebrew, "change them." The Spirit, by Paul, treats the Hebrew of the Old Testament, with independence of handling, presenting the divine truth in various aspects; sometimes as here sanctioning the Septuagint (compare Isa 34:4; Rev 6:14); sometimes the Hebrew; sometimes varying from both.
changed--as one lays aside a garment to put on another.
thou art the same-- (Isa 46:4; Mal 3:6). The same in nature, therefore in covenant faithfulness to Thy people.
shall not fail--Hebrew, "shall not end." Israel, in the Babylonian captivity, in the hundred second Psalm, casts her hopes of deliverance on Messiah, the unchanging covenant God of Israel. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And as a vesture - A garment; literally something thrown around - περιβόλαιον peribolaion - and denoting properly the outer garment, the cloak or mantle; see notes, Mat 5:40. "Shalt thou fold them up." That is, the heavens. They are represented in the Scriptures as an "expanse." or something spread out (the Hebrew text of Gen 1:7): as a "curtain," or "tent" Isa 40:22, and as a "scroll" that might be spread out or rolled up like a book or volume, Isa 34:4; Rev 6:14. Here they are represented as a garment or mantle that might be folded up - language borrowed from folding up and laying aside garments that are no longer fit for use. "And they shall be changed." That is, they shall be exchanged for others, or they shall give place to the new heavens and the new earth; Pe2 3:13. The meaning is, that the present form of the heavens and the earth is not to be permanent, but is to be succeeded by others, or to pass away, but that the Creator is to remain the same. "Thou art the same." Thou wilt not change. "And thy years shall not fail." Thou wilt exist forever unchanged. What could more clearly prove that he of whom this is spoken is immutable? Yet it is indubitably spoken of the Messiah, and must demonstrate that he is divine. These attributes cannot be conferred on a creature; and nothing can be clearer than that he who penned the Epistle believed that the Son of God was divine. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Vesture (περιβόλαιον)
Only here and Co1 11:5. From περιβάλλειν to throw around: a wrapper, mantle.
Shalt thou fold them up (ἑλίξεις αὐτούς)
Rather, roll them up. A scribal error for ἀλλάξεις shalt change. After these words the lxx repeats ὡς ἱμάτιον as a garment from Heb 1:11.
Shall not fail (οὐκ ἐκλείψουσιν)
Shall not be ended. With this exception the verb only in Luke's Gospel. See Luk 16:9; Luk 22:32; Luk 23:45. Very frequent in lxx. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
As a mantle - With all ease. They shall be changed - Into new heavens and a new earth. But thou art eternally the same. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And they shall be changed - Not destroyed ultimately, or annihilated. They shall be changed and renewed.
But thou art the same - These words can be said of no being but God; all others are changeable or perishable, because temporal; only that which is eternal can continue essentially, and, speaking after the manner of men, formally the same.
Thy years shall not fail - There is in the Divine duration no circle to be run, no space to be measured, no time to be reckoned.
All is eternity - infinite and onward. |
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.