Psalm 8:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ Yet You have made him a little less than Elohim, And have crowned him with esteem and splendour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, And hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ 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)

⁵ For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

Common English Bible

⁵ You’ve made them only slightly less than divine, crowning them with glory and grandeur.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him?

Psalm 8:5 Cross References

Genesis 2:7

And יהוה  Elohim formed the man out of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life. And the man became a living being.

2 Samuel 14:29

Then Aḇ

Job 7:17

What is man, that You should make him great, that You should set Your heart on him,

Psalm 103:20

Bless יהוה, you His messengers, Mighty in power, who do His Word, Listening to the voice of His Word.

Psalm 103:4

Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with kindness and compassion,

Psalm 144:3

יהוה, what is man, that You should know him? Son of man, that You should think of him?

Psalm 45:6

Your throne, O Elohim, is forever and ever; The sceptre of Your reign Is a sceptre of straightness.

Ephesians 1:21

far above all rule and authority and power and mastery, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

Hebrews 2:16

For, doubtless, He does not take hold of messengers, but He does take hold of the seed of Aḇ

Hebrews 2:7

“You have made him a little lower than the messengers.You have crowned him with esteem and respect, and set him over the works of Your hands.

Hebrews 2:9

But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the messengers, יהושע, because of the suffering of death crowned with esteem and respect, that by the favour of Elohim He should taste death for everyone.