Heb 1:12 | RWP | e4.org | A mantle ( περιβολαιον ). Old word for covering from παριβαλλω , to fling around, as a veil in , nowhere else in N.T. Shalt thou roll up ( ελιξεις ). Future active of ελισσω , late form for ειλισσω , in N.T. only here and , to fold together. As a garment ( ως ιματιον ). LXX repeats from . They shall be changed ( αλλαγησοντα ). Second future passive of αλλασσω , old verb, to change. Shall not fail ( ουκ εκλειψουσιν ). Future active of εκλειπω , to leave out, to fail, used of the sun in . "Nature is at his mercy, not he at nature's" (Moffatt).

‏ Hebrews 1:12

A mantle ( περιβολαιον ). Old word for covering from παριβαλλω, to fling around, as a veil in 1Co 11:15, nowhere else in N.T.

Shalt thou roll up ( ελιξεις ). Future active of ελισσω, late form for ειλισσω, in N.T. only here and Re 6:14, to fold together.

As a garment ( ως ιματιον ). LXX repeats from 11.

They shall be changed ( αλλαγησοντα ). Second future passive of αλλασσω, old verb, to change.

Shall not fail ( ουκ εκλειψουσιν ). Future active of εκλειπω, to leave out, to fail, used of the sun in Lu 23:45. "Nature is at his mercy, not he at nature's" (Moffatt).