God’s Word Translation
Psalms 8:7
7all the sheep and cattle, the wild animals,
Psalms 8:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
- New International Version (NIV)all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,
- English Standard Version (ESV)all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
- New King James Version (NKJV)All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field,
Context of Psalms 8:7
5You have made him a little lower than yourself. You have crowned him with glory and honor. 6You have made him rule what your hands created. You have put everything under his control: all the sheep and cattle, the wild animals, 8the birds, the fish, whatever swims in the currents of the seas. 9O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!
Read all of Psalms 8Psalms 8:7 word by word
צֹנֶ֣ה וַאֲלָפִ֣ים כֻּלָּ֑ם וְ֝גַ֗ם בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 8:7
Commentaries on Psalms 8:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7All sheep and oxen - All domestic animals, and those to be employed in agriculture. Beasts of the field - All wild beasts, and inhabitants of the forest.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7All sheep and oxen - Flocks and herds. Genesis 1:26, “over the cattle.” Nothing is more manifest than the control which man exercises over flocks and herds - making them subservient to his use, and obedient to his will. And the beasts of the field - Those not included in the general phrase “sheep and oxen.” The word rendered “field,” שׂדה śâdeh - or the poetic form, as here - שׂדי śâday means properly a plain; a level tract of country; then, a field…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. 7-8Wild animals, including birds and fish, remind us of God's creation of the animal world in Genesis 1. Contrary to beliefs among Israel’s neighbors in the ancient Near East, animals are not sacred.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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