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Psalms 8:4
4what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
Psalms 8:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- New International Version (NIV)what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
- New King James Version (NKJV)What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
- New Living Translation (NLT)what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?
Context of Psalms 8:4
2Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. 3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? 5Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. 6You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,
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מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם כִּ֣י תִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 8:4
- Psalms 144:3O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
- 2 Chronicles 6:18"But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!
- Job 7:17What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him,
- Job 25:6how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!"
- Isaiah 40:17All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
- Hebrews 2:6It has been testified somewhere, "What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him?
- Psalms 4:2O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
- Psalms 80:17But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
- 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,
- Ezekiel 8:15Then he said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? You will see still greater abominations than these."
- Matthew 8:20And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
- Psalms 106:4Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,
- Genesis 21:1The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised.
- Exodus 4:31And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
- Luke 1:68"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people
Commentaries on Psalms 8:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4What is man - אנוש מה mah enosh, what is wretched, miserable man; man in his fallen state, full of infirmity, ignorance, and sin? That thou art mindful of him? - That thou settest thy heart upon him, keepest him continually in thy merciful view. And the son of man - אדם ובן uben Adam, and the son of Adam, the first great rebel; the fallen child of a fallen parent. See the note on Job 7:17. Some think eminent men are here intended. What is man in common…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4What is man - What claim has one so weak, and frail, and short-lived, to be remembered by time? What is there in man that entitles him to so much notice? Why has God conferred on him so signal honor? Why has he placed him over the works of his hands? Why has he made so many arrangements for his comfort? Why has he done so much to save him? He is so insignificant his life is so much like a vapor, he so soon disappears, he is so sinful and polluted, that…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. 4son of man (literally son of Adam): This means "a human being." Through the influence of Daniel 7:13–14, son of man became a title with divine meaning in the New Testament. See Hebrews 2:6–8, where this passage is quoted.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. The allusion to the magnificence of the visible heavens is introduced for the purpose of illustrating God's condescension, who, though the mighty Creator of these glorious worlds of light, makes man the object of regard and recipient of favor.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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