Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Holman Bible
and crowned him with glory and honor.
International Standard Version
You made him a little less than divine, but you crowned him with glory and honor.
A Conservative Version
For thou have made him but little lower than [heavenly] agents, and crowned him with glory and honor.
Amplified
Yet You have made him a little lower than
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Bible in Basic English
For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.
Darby Translation
Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou wilt diminish him a little more than the messengers, and thou wilt surround him with glory and honor.
King James 2000
For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and [with] glory and [with] majesty you crowned him.
Modern King James verseion
For You have made him lack a little from God, and have crowned him with glory and honor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and worship.
NET Bible
and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty;
New Heart English Bible
For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.
The Emphasized Bible
That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him?
Webster
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.
World English Bible
For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.
Youngs Literal Translation
And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.
Themes
Condescension of God » Scriptures relating to
Creator » God as » Creator of man
Earth » Who was given dominion over the earth
Glory » Who the lord glorifies
Man » A social being » Creation of
Man » Man having authority over God’s creation
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Glory, Man's Dignity
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 1:26-27
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 2:7
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Hebrews 2:7
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Hebrews 2:9
But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every man .
2 Samuel 14:29
Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
Job 4:18-20
Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:
Psalm 21:3-5
For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.
Psalm 45:1-3
My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psalm 45:6
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Psalm 103:4
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Psalm 103:20
Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
John 13:31-32
When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him;
Ephesians 1:21
far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Philippians 2:7-11
but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;
Hebrews 2:16
For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.
1 Peter 1:20-21
who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,