εἴρηκεν … που. “He hath said somewhere.” By the indefinite “He” is meant “God,” a form of citation not used in the same way by St Paul, but common in Philo and the Rabbis. We have similar impersonal forms of citation λέγει, φησί, μαρτυρεῖ, &c. in 1 Corinthians 6:16; Hebrews 7:17; Hebrews 8:5, &c.

που. The “somewhere” of the original is here expressed in the A. V. by “in a certain place,” see note on Hebrews 2:6. The reference is to Genesis 2:2; Exodus 20:11; Exodus 31:17. The writer always regards the Old Testament not as a dead letter, but as a living voice.

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Old Testament