And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Psalm 8:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honour. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, And hast crowned him with glory and honour. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor. American Standard Version (1901) For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. Common English Bible You’ve made them only slightly less than divine, crowning them with glory and grandeur. Catholic Public Domain Version What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man that thou visitest him? |
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him,
Bless the LORD, ye angels of his: Ye mighty in strength, that fulfill his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies:
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
For verily not of angels doth he take hold, but he taketh hold of the seed of Abraham.
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honour, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:
But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour, that by the grace of God he should taste death for every man.