Parallel Verses
Amplified
Yet You have made him a little lower than
And You have crowned 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.
American Standard Version
For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest 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 You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”
Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God
Hebrews 2:7
“You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
Hebrews 2:9
But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while [by taking on the limitations of humanity], crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering of death, so that by the grace of God [extended to sinners] He might experience death for [the sins of] everyone.
2 Samuel 14:29
So Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him; even when he sent again a second time, he [still] would not come.
Job 4:18-20
‘God puts no trust or confidence, even in His [heavenly] servants,
And He charges His angels with error.
Psalm 21:3-5
For You meet him with blessings of good things;
You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalm 45:1-3
I address my psalm to the King.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
Psalm 45:6
The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Psalm 103:4
Who redeems your life from the pit,
Who crowns you [lavishly] with lovingkindness and tender mercy;
Psalm 103:20
Bless the Lord, you His angels,
You mighty ones who do His commandments,
Obeying the voice of His word!
John 13:31-32
So when Judas had left, Jesus said,
Ephesians 1:21
far above all rule and authority and power and dominion [whether angelic or human], and [far above] every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and world but also in the one to come.
Philippians 2:7-11
but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing His deity, but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men [He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man].
Hebrews 2:16
For, as we all know, He (Christ) does not take hold of [the fallen] angels [to give them a helping hand], but He does take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [extending to them His hand of deliverance].
1 Peter 1:20-21
For He was