Hebrews 2:6

Hebrews 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
• New International Version (NIV)But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him?
• New King James Version (NKJV)But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?
• New Living Translation (NLT)For in one place the Scriptures say, “What are mere mortals that you should think about them, or a son of man that you should care for him?

Context of Hebrews 2:6

4while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. 5For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere, "What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him? 7You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor, 8putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.

Hebrews 2:6 word by word

διεμαρτύρατο δέ πού τις λέγων· τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• oneτιςtis · oneG5100
• in a certain placeπούpou · somewhereG4225
• testifiedδιαμαρτύρομαιdiamarturomai · to testify solemnlyG1263
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thou art mindfulμιμνήσκωmimnēskō · to rememberG3403
• of himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• orἤē · orG2228
• the sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• thou visitestἐπισκέπτομαιepiskeptomai · to visit/care forG1980

Cross-references for Hebrews 2:6

• Hebrews 4:4For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."
• Hebrews 5:6as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."
• 1 Peter 1:11inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
• Job 7:17What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him,
• Job 15:14What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
• Psalms 8:4what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
• Psalms 144:3O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
• Isaiah 40:17All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
• Job 25:6how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
• Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
• Isaiah 51:12"I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,
• Genesis 50:24And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
• Luke 1:68"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people
• Luke 7:16Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"

Commentaries on Hebrews 2:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6But one in a certain place - This one is David; and the certain place, Psalm 8:4, Psalm 8:5, Psalm 8:6. But why does the apostle use this indeterminate mode of quotation? Because it was common thus to express the testimony of any of the inspired writers; ההוא אמר amar hahu kethab, thus saith a certain scripture. So Philo, De Plant. Noe: , he saith somewhere; , a certain person saith. Thus even the heathens were accustomed to quote high authorities; so…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6But one in a certain place testified - The apostle was writing to those who were supposed to be familiar with the Hebrew Scriptures, and where it would be necessary only to make a reference in general without mentioning the name. The place which is quoted here is Psalm 8:4-6. The “argument” of the apostle is this, that there stood in the sacred Scriptures a declaration that “all things were placed under the control and jurisdiction of man,” but that that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-9Verses 5-9 Neither the state in which the church is at present, nor its more completely restored state, when the prince of this world shall be cast out, and the kingdoms of the earth become the kingdom of Christ, is left to the government of the angels: Christ will take to him his great power, and will reign. And what is the moving cause of all the kindness God shows to men in giving Christ for them and to them? it is the grace of God. As a reward of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6What is man: These lines of the psalm highlight God's special care for humans. the son of Man: The term son of man refers to human life and is similar to man in the previous line. In the Gospels, Jesus often used this phrase to describe himself.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. But--It is not to angels the Gospel kingdom is subject, BUT ... one ... testified--the usual way of quoting Scripture to readers familiar with it. Psa 8:5-7 praises Jehovah for exalting MAN, so as to subject all the works of God on earth to him: this dignity having been lost by the first Adam, is realized only in Christ the Son of man, the Representative Man and Head of our redeemed race. Thus Paul proves that it is to MAN, not to angels, that God has…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 2:6

• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Bondage
• Heed
• Neglect
• Recompense
• Reconciliation
• Taste
• Congregation
• Ebionism; Ebionites
• Faithful; Faithfulness

Commentaries on Hebrews 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings