Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and [with] glory and [with] majesty you crowned him.
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.
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.
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] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him? 5 And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and [with] glory and [with] majesty you crowned him. 6 You make him over the works of your hands; all [things] you have placed under his feet:
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 1:26-27
And God said, "Let us make humankind in our image and according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth."
Genesis 2:7
when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Hebrews 2:7
You made him for a short [time] lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor;
Hebrews 2:9
but we see Jesus, for a short [time] made lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that apart from God he might taste death on behalf of everyone.
2 Samuel 14:29
So Absalom sent for Joab, [in order that he] send him to the king, but he was not willing to go to him. He sent again a second [time], but he [was] not willing to go.
Job 4:18-20
Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error.
Psalm 21:3-5
For you meet him [with] blessings of good [things]. You set on his head a crown of fine gold.
Psalm 45:1-3
My heart is moved [with] a good word; I recite my {compositions} to [the] king. My tongue [is the] pen [of] a skilled scribe.
Psalm 45:6
Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever. A scepter of uprightness [is] the scepter of your kingdom.
Psalm 103:4
who redeems your life from [the] pit, who crowns you with loyal love and mercies,
Psalm 103:20
Bless Yahweh, you his angels, [you] mighty heroes who do his word by {obeying} the sound of his word.
John 13:31-32
Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
Ephesians 1:21
above all rule and authority and power and lordship and every name named, not only in this age but also in the coming one,
Philippians 2:7-11
but emptied himself [by] taking the form of a slave, [by] becoming in the likeness of people. And being found in appearance like a man,
Hebrews 2:16
For surely he is not concerned with angels, but he is concerned with the descendants of Abraham.
1 Peter 1:20-21
who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has been revealed in these last times for you