Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And thou wilt diminish him a little more than the messengers, and thou wilt surround 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.
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.
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 wilt remember him? and the son of man that thou wilt review him? 5 And thou wilt diminish him a little more than the messengers, and thou wilt surround him with glory and honor. 6 And thou wilt give him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou didst put all under his feet:
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 1:26-27
And God will say, We will make man in our image according to our likeness, and they shall rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and every. creeping thing creeping upon the earth.
Genesis 2:7
And Jehovah God will form man of the dust from the earth, and will blow into his nostrils the breath of lives, and man shall be for a living soul.
Hebrews 2:7
Thou didst render him some little while less than angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst place him over the work of thine hands:
Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, made some little while less than angels by the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste of death for all.
2 Samuel 14:29
And Absalom will send to Joab to send him to the king, and he would not come to him: and he will send yet the second time, and he would not come.
Job 4:18-20
Behold, in his servants he will not trust, and upon his messengers he will set folly:
Psalm 21:3-5
For thou wilt anticipate him with praises of goodness: thou wilt set a crown of pure gold to his head.
Psalm 45:1-3
To the overseer over the lilies, for the sons of Korah, instruction: a song of the beloved. My heart boiled over a good word: I say my works to the king: my tongue the pen of one writing promptly.
Psalm 45:6
Thy throne, O God, forever and ever: a rod of straightness the rod of thy kingdom.
Psalm 103:4
Redeeming thy life from corruption, crowning thee with mercy and compassions.
Psalm 103:20
Praise Jehovah, ye his messengers mighty of strength, doing his word, to hear the voice of his word.
John 13:31-32
Jesus says, Now was the Son of man honoured, and God was honoured in him.
Ephesians 1:21
Above every beginning, and authority, and power, and property, and every name named, not only in this life, but in that about to be:
Philippians 2:7-11
But emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, born in the likeness of men:
Hebrews 2:16
For certainly he lays not hold of angels; but of the seed of Abraham he lays hold.
1 Peter 1:20-21
Known truly before the foundation of the world, and made manifest in the last times for you,