Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest 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.
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.
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 rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him? 5 And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him. 6 Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 1:26-27
And God saith, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'
Genesis 2:7
And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
Hebrews 2:7
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,
Hebrews 2:9
and him who was made some little less than messengers we see -- Jesus -- because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.
2 Samuel 14:29
and Absalom sendeth unto Joab, to send him unto the king, and he hath not been willing to come unto him; and he sendeth again a second time, and he hath not been willing to come.
Job 4:18-20
Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'
Psalm 21:3-5
For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.
Psalm 45:1-3
To the Overseer. -- 'On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.
Psalm 45:6
Thy throne, O God, is age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness Is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.
Psalm 103:4
Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee -- kindness and mercies,
Psalm 103:20
Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power -- doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word.
John 13:31-32
When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, 'Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him;
Ephesians 1:21
far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;
Philippians 2:7-11
but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,
Hebrews 2:16
for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,
1 Peter 1:20-21
foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,