Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and one in a certain place did testify fully, saying, 'What is man, that Thou art mindful of him, or a son of man, that Thou dost look after him?

New American Standard Bible

But one has testified somewhere, saying,
What is man, that You remember him?
Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?

King James Version

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Holman Bible

But one has somewhere testified:

What is man that You remember him,
or the son of man that You care for him?

International Standard Version

Instead, someone has declared somewhere, "What is man that you should remember him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

A Conservative Version

But a certain man has somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou remember him? Or a son of man, that thou help him?

American Standard Version

But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Amplified

But one has [solemnly] testified somewhere [in Scripture], saying,

What is man, that You are mindful of him,
Or the son of man, that You graciously care for him?

An Understandable Version

But someone has testified somewhere [Psa. 8:4-6], "What is man, that you [i.e., God] should remember him? Or the son of man [i.e., mankind], that you should care about him?

Anderson New Testament

But one in a certain place testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him; or the son of man, that thou dost visit him?

Bible in Basic English

But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

Common New Testament

But there is a place where someone has testified, "What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him?

Daniel Mace New Testament

and this is attested by a certain writer, who says, "what is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou visitest him?

Darby Translation

but one has testified somewhere, saying, What is man, that thou rememberest him, or son of man that thou visitest him?

Godbey New Testament

But somewhere one testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the Son of man, that thou visitest him?

Goodspeed New Testament

For someone has somewhere solemnly declared, "What is man? for you think of him; Or any man? for you care for him.

John Wesley New Testament

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Julia Smith Translation

And somewhere a certain one testified, saying, What is man, that thou rememberest him? or the son of man, that thou reviewest him?

King James 2000

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man, that you visit him?

Lexham Expanded Bible

But someone testified somewhere, saying, "What is man, that you remember him, or the son of man, that you care for him?

Modern King James verseion

But one testified in a certain place, saying, "What is man, that You are mindful of him; or the son of man, that You visit him?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

but one in a certain place witnessed, saying, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him: other the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Moffatt New Testament

One writer, as we know, has affirmed, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

Montgomery New Testament

But some one, somewhere, testified, saying. What is Man, that thou art mindful of him? Or any man, that thou carest for him?

NET Bible

Instead someone testified somewhere: "What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

New Heart English Bible

But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?

Noyes New Testament

But one in a certain place bore testimony, saying, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

Sawyer New Testament

But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him?

The Emphasized Bible

But one somewhere hath borne witness, saying - What is man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? Or the son of man, that thou shouldst put him in charge?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But one in a certain passage testifieth, saying, "What is man, that thou rememberest him, or a son of man, that thou regardest him?"

Twentieth Century New Testament

No; a writer has declared somewhere-- 'What is Man that thou shouldst remember him? Or a Son of Man that thou shouldst regard him?

Webster

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Weymouth New Testament

But, as we know, a writer has solemnly said, "How poor a creature is man, and yet Thou dost remember him, and a son of man, and yet Thou dost come to him!

Williams New Testament

For someone somewhere has solemnly said: "What is man that you should think of him, or the Son of Man that you should care for Him?

World English Bible

But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?

Worrell New Testament

but some one, somewhere, fully testified, saying, "What is man, that Thou rememberest him; or a son of man, that Thou visitest him?

Worsley New Testament

But one in a certain place hath testified, saying, "What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest Him?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

one
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

in a certain place
πού 
Pou 
Usage: 3

διαμαρτύρομαι 
Diamarturomai 
Usage: 13

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

ὅτι 
Hoti 
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764
Usage: 764

thou art mindful
μιμνήσκω 
Mimnesko 
Usage: 2

of him

Usage: 0

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

the son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

of man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

thou visitest
ἐπισκέπτομαι 
Episkeptomai 
Usage: 9

Devotionals

Devotionals about Hebrews 2:6

Images Hebrews 2:6

Prayers for Hebrews 2:6

Context Readings

The Son's Humiliation And Suffering

5 For not to messengers did He subject the coming world, concerning which we speak, 6 and one in a certain place did testify fully, saying, 'What is man, that Thou art mindful of him, or a son of man, that Thou dost look after him? 7 Thou didst make him some little less than messengers, with glory and honour Thou didst crown him, and didst set him over the works of Thy hands,


Cross References

Job 7:17-18

What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

Hebrews 4:4

for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh day thus: 'And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

Genesis 50:24

And Joseph saith unto his brethren, 'I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

Job 15:14

What is man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

Job 25:6

How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!

Psalm 8:4-8

What is man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

Psalm 144:3

Jehovah, what is man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

Psalm 146:3-4

Trust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

Isaiah 51:12

I -- I am He -- your comforter, Who art thou -- and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man -- grass he is made!

Luke 1:68

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,

Luke 1:78

Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

Luke 7:16

and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- 'A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- 'God did look upon His people.'

Hebrews 5:6

as also in another place He saith, 'Thou art a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'

1 Peter 1:11

searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

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