Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!

King James Version

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Holman Bible

You made him little less than God
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 God,
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.

References

Context Readings

God's Glory, Man's Dignity

4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? 5 Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,

Cross References

Genesis 1:26-27

Then 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 livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

Genesis 2:7

then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Hebrews 2:7

You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,

Hebrews 2:9

But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

2 Samuel 14:29

Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.

Job 4:18-20

Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;

Psalm 21:3-5

For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

Psalm 45:1-3

My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

Psalm 45:6

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;

Psalm 103:4

who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

Psalm 103:20

Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!

John 13:31-32

When he had gone out, Jesus said, "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 above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Philippians 2:7-11

but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant,being born in the likeness of men.

Hebrews 2:16

For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham.

1 Peter 1:20-21

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you

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