Psalm 8:5

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.

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being. [I Cor. 15:45-49.]

2 Samuel 14:29

So Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him; even when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

Job 7:17

What is man that You should magnify him and think him important? And that You should set Your mind upon him? [Ps. 8:4.]

Psalm 103:20

Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His commandments, hearkening to the voice of His word.

Psalm 103:4

Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy;

Psalm 144:3

Lord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or [the] son of man that You take account of him? [Job 7:17; Ps. 8:4; Heb. 2:6.]

Psalm 45:6

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Ephesians 1:21

Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come.

Hebrews 2:16

For, as we all know, He [Christ] did not take hold of angels [the fallen angels, to give them a helping and delivering hand], but He did take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [to reach out to them a helping and delivering hand]. [Isa. 41:8, 9.]

Hebrews 2:7

For some little time You have ranked him lower than and inferior to the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands, [Ps. 8:4-6.]

Hebrews 2:9

But we are able to see Jesus, Who was ranked lower than the angels for a little while, crowned with glory and honor because of His having suffered death, in order that by the grace (unmerited favor) of God [to us sinners] He might experience death for every individual person.