For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
Parallel translations
- KJV For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
- BSB For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- NKJV For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
- NASB For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- NLT For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet.
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Cross-references · 10
- Ps 110:1A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- Heb 10:12–13but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;
- Matt 22:44‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
- Heb 1:13But which of the angels has he told at any time, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?”
- Ps 2:6–10“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
- Eph 1:22He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
- Mark 12:36For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’
- Ps 45:3–6Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.
- Acts 2:34For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand,
- Luke 20:42–43David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
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