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Psalms 8:5
5You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalms 8:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- New International Version (NIV)You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Context of Psalms 8:5
3When I observe your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, 4what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him? You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor. 6You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: 7all the sheep and oxen, as well as the animals in the wild,
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וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ מְּ֭עַט מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכָב֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 8:5
- Psalms 103:20Bless the Lord, all his angels of great strength, who do his word, obedient to his command.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- 2 Samuel 14:29Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab was unwilling to come to him. So he sent again, a second time, but he still would not come.
- Job 4:18If God puts no trust in his servants and he charges his angels with foolishness,
- Philippians 2:7Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man,
- Hebrews 2:7You made him lower than the angels for a short time; you crowned him with glory and honor
- Hebrews 2:16For it is clear that he does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring.
- Psalms 21:3For you meet him with rich blessings; you place a crown of pure gold on his head.
- Psalms 45:1My heart is moved by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
- John 13:31When he had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
- Ephesians 1:21far above every ruler and authority, power and dominion, and every title given, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
- Philippians 2:9For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
- Hebrews 2:9But we do see Jesus — made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace he might taste death for everyone — crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death.
- 1 Peter 1:20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you.
Commentaries on Psalms 8:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels - The original is certainly very emphatic: מאלהים מעט ותחסרחו vattechasserchu meat meelohim, Thou hast lessened him for a little time from God. Or, Thou hast made him less than God for a little time. See these passages explained at large in the notes on Hebrews 2:6; (note), etc., which I need not repeat here.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For thou hast made him - Thou hast made man as such; that is, he was such in the original design of his creation, in the rank given him, and in the dominion conceded to him. The object here is to show the honor conferred on man, or to show how God has regarded and honored him; and the thought is, that in his original creation, though so insignificant as compared with the vast worlds over which God presides, he had given him a rank but little inferior to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-9Verses 3-9 We are to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to set his affections on things above. What is man, so mean a creature, that he should be thus honoured! so sinful a creature, that he should be thus favoured! Man has sovereign dominion over the inferior creatures, under God, and is appointed their lord. This refers to Christ. In He 2:6-8, the apostle, to prove the sovereign dominion of Christ, shows he is that Man, that Son of man…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5You made him a little lower than the angels: Humans bear God’s image. The Lord has given humans dignity and tasked them to rule (Genesis 1:26–27). Hebrews 2:6–8 applies these words to Jesus Christ, the ideal human who fully realized God’s purposes.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. God has placed man next in dignity to angels, and but a little lower, and has crowned him with the empire of the world. glory and honour--are the attributes of royal dignity (Psa 21:5; 45:3). The position assigned man is that described (Ge 1:26-28) as belonging to Adam, in his original condition, the terms employed in detailing the subjects of man's dominion corresponding with those there used. In a modified sense, in his present fallen state, man is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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