OET interlinear HEB 2:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

ὑπέταξας

˱you˲_subjected

Since the author of the quotation is speaking to God, here the word you is singular.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ

all_‹things› ˱you˲_subjected beneath the feet ˱of˲_him

Here the author of the quotation speaks as if all things could be under the feet of humans. In the author’s culture, something that is under feet has been conquered and is controlled by the person whose feet it is under. The point is that all things are conquered and controlled by humans. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [You made him control all things] or [You gave him authority over all things]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

αὐτοῦ & αὐτῷ & αὐτῷ

˱of˲_him & ˱to˲_him & ˱to˲_him

Just as in 2:6–7, the words his and him could primarily refer to: (1) humans in general. Alternate translation: [his or her … to him or her … to him or her] (2) Jesus. Alternate translation: [his … to him … to him]

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

ἐν τῷ γὰρ ὑποτάξαι τὰ πάντα

in (Some words not found in SR-GNT: πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν γὰρ τῷ ὑποτάξαι αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα οὐδὲν ἀφῆκεν αὐτῷ ἀνυπότακτον νῦν δὲ οὔπω ὁρῶμεν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ὑποτεταγμένα)

Here, the phrase For in introduces a restatement of part of the quote. The author restates this portion of the quote (subjecting all the things) so that he can comment on it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [By using the phrase ‘subjecting all the things’] or [For with the words ‘subjecting all the things’]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

ἀφῆκεν

˱he˲_left

Here, the word he refers to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make explicit that the pronoun refers to God. Alternate translation: [God left]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

οὐδὲν ἀφῆκεν αὐτῷ ἀνυπότακτον

nothing ˱he˲_left ˱to˲_him insubordinate

Here, the phrase nothing not means that there are no exceptions to how all things will be subjected to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that only includes one negative. Alternate translation: [he did not omit anything that could be subjected to him]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

οὐδὲν & ἀνυπότακτον & τὰ πάντα ὑποτεταγμένα

nothing & insubordinate & the_‹things› all /having_been/_subjected

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. The author uses the passive form here to focus on what is subjected rather than on the person doing the subjecting. If you must state who did the action, the author implies that God did it. Alternate translation: [nothing that God did not subject … God subjecting all the things]