You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
Parallel translations
- WEB You will roll them up like a mantle, and they will be changed; but you are the same. Your years will not fail.”
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not fail.”
- NASB And like a robe You will roll them up; Like a garment they will also be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.”
- NLT You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will live forever.”
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Quick answer
The Son will fold up creation like a worn garment and change it, yet He Himself never changes and His years never end. His unchangeableness and eternity are stressed.
Overview
Completing the Psalm 102 citation, the author highlights the Son's immutability and eternity: 'you are the same. Your years will not fail.' While the universe is destined to be rolled up and transformed, the Son endures unchanged. This is a comfort to believers, for the one who saves them is eternally constant.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 102:26–27They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
- Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Jas 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
- Ps 90:4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
- Exod 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
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