Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.
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.
American Standard Version
For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.
Amplified
Yet You have made him a little lower than
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
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 you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account? 5 For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour. 6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 1:26-27
And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.
Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
Hebrews 2:7
You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:
Hebrews 2:9
But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.
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
Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;
Psalm 21:3-5
For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
Psalm 45:1-3
My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psalm 45:6
Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.
Psalm 103:4
He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.
Psalm 103:20
Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice.
John 13:31-32
Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him.
Ephesians 1:21
Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:
Philippians 2:7-11
But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;
Hebrews 2:16
For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham.
1 Peter 1:20-21
Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,