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Hebrews 1:2

What does Hebrews 1:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Hebrews 1:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Hebrews 1:2 means

Now the contrast arrives: in these last days God has spoken “in his Son.” This means God’s ultimate self-disclosure has come personally, not merely through inspired spokesmen. The Son is “heir of all things,” showing His rightful ownership and destiny over the entire created order. Moreover, God made “the worlds” through Him, placing the Son at the beginning of all things as the divine agent of creation. Revelation and creation converge in Him—He is both the message and the Maker. The phrase “at the end of these days” signals that with the Son’s coming, the decisive era in God’s redemptive plan has arrived and begun to unfold.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

at the end of these days has spoken to us in [the person of the] Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Context

Verse 2 completes the contrast with verse 1 by identifying the Son as God’s final and supreme revelation. It introduces key themes that will be expanded in verses 3–4: the Son’s role as creator and heir, His divine status, and His superiority over all other beings. This sets up the chapter’s central argument that the Son far surpasses angels. The flow moves from the Son’s identity and authority (vv. 2–3) to His enthronement (v. 3), preparing for the comparison with angels and the scriptural proofs that follow (vv. 5–14).

v.1God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,

v.2This passage

v.3who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 21:38

    But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

  • Ephesians 1:10

    unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say,

  • John 1:17

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

  • Hebrews 9:26

    else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

  • Hebrews 7:3

    without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.

  • Jeremiah 48:47

    Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

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