Psalms 8:5

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 see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established; 4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour. 6Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet: 7Sheep and oxen, all of them, and also the beasts of the field;

Psalms 8:5 word by word

וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ מְּ֭עַט מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכָב֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 8:5

• Psalms 103:20Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
• Genesis 1:26And 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 fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.
• Genesis 2:7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul.
• 2 Samuel 14:29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again the second time, but he would not come.
• Job 4:18Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
• Philippians 2:7but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in [the] likeness of men;
• Hebrews 2:7Thou hast made him some little inferior to the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, [and hast set him over the works of thy hands;]
• Hebrews 2:16For he does not indeed take hold of angels [by the hand], but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham.
• Psalms 21:3For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.
• Psalms 45:1My heart is welling forth [with] a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
• John 13:31When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
• Ephesians 1:21above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;
• Philippians 2:9Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,
• Hebrews 2:9but we see Jesus, who [was] made some little inferior to angels on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste death for every thing.
• 1 Peter 1:20foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,

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

Topics related to Psalms 8:5

• Angel (a Spirit)
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• Religion

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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