Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Parallel translations
- WEB until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
- BSB until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
- NKJV Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’
- NASB Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” ’
- NLT until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.”’
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Quick answer
The Lord promises to make Christ's enemies a footstool for His feet. It declares Christ's certain triumph and reign.
Overview
The footstool image signals complete victory over every opposing power. The exalted Christ reigns until all enemies are subdued. This assures believers that Jesus' rule is sovereign and His final triumph secure.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rom 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
- Rev 19:19And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
- Isa 60:14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 59:18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
- Rev 20:8–15And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
- Ps 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
- Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Isa 63:4–6For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
- Luke 20:16–18He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
- Ps 18:40–42Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
- Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Josh 10:24–25And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
- Isa 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
- Ps 21:8–12Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Ps 2:8–12Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
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