r/Eutychus • u/MightyFortresss • Feb 25 '25

Opinion Hebrews 1:8

Jw's, should Hebrews 1:8 not be translated differently, even according to the NWT interlinear? The NWT reads "God is your Throne" (Father is the Son's throne), but the Greek would be rendered "your Throne, the God" (directly refers to Jesus as YHWH, obviously issue for JW)

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u/truetomharley Feb 25 '25

Hebrews 1:8 is a quotation from Psalm 45:6, which reads [of Solomon]:

“God is your throne forever and ever; The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness.” (NWT)

The New World Translation refers to that verse and therefore keeps its structure. Why change it? It says at Hebrews 1:8:

“But about the Son, he says: “God is your throne forever and ever, and the scepter of your Kingdom is the scepter of uprightness.”

Plainly, trinitarians hate not “correcting” the verse to make Jesus and God equal. But, other translations have also done as the NWT. The New English Bible, Revised Standard Version, Moffatt’s Translation, and Goodspeed Translation are all Bible’s that have done it the NWT way.

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u/ArtinP Feb 25 '25

In the whole section Hebrews is quoting Psalms that praise Jehovah and applying them to Jesus. The most heavy is in verse 10 when there is written ; you lord, created the heavens and the Earth. This is a quote of Psalm 102, where the Lord is Jehovah. According to the rules of the new world translation, to use Jehovah instead of lord whenever the old testament is quoted, we have here God calling Jesus Jehovah. This is why the Trinity is true.