then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Psalm 8:5 - English Standard Version 2016 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.
What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him,
Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word!
who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham.
You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,
But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.