Psalm 8:5

New Living Translation

Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.

2 Samuel 14:29

Then Absalom sent for Joab to ask him to intercede for him, but Joab refused to come. Absalom sent for him a second time, but again Joab refused to come.

Job 7:17

“What are people, that you should make so much of us, that you should think of us so often?

Psalm 103:20

Praise the Lord, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.

Psalm 103:4

He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.

Psalm 144:3

O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?

Psalm 45:6

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.

Ephesians 1:21

Now he is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else—not only in this world but also in the world to come.

Hebrews 2:16

We also know that the Son did not come to help angels; he came to help the descendants of Abraham.

Hebrews 2:7

Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.

Hebrews 2:9

What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was given a position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone.