Psalms 8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Psalms 8:5 in other translations
| BSB | You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor. |
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| WEB | For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor. |
| ASV | For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. |
| YLT | And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him. |
| DARBY | Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour. |
| BBE | For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour. |
| Webster | For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. |
What does Psalms 8:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 8:5-8
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 8:3-9
We are to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to set his affections on things above. What is man, so mean a creature, that he should be thus honoured! so sinful a creature, that he should be thus favoured! Man has sovereign dominion over the inferior creatures, under God, and is appointed their lord. This refers to Christ. In He 2:6-8, the apostle, to prove the sovereign dominion of Christ, shows he…
Psalms 8:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 8:5
- Hebrews 2:7
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:
- Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- Genesis 1:26-27
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
- Hebrews 2:16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
- Philippians 2:7-11
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; …
- Ephesians 1:21
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Psalms 103:4
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- Psalms 21:3-5
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
- Genesis 2:7
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.
- 1 Peter 1:20-21
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
- John 13:31-32
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
- Psalms 103:20
Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
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Context
- Psalms 8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- Psalms 8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- Psalms 8:6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalms 8:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pues le has hecho poco menor que los ángeles, y coronástelo de gloria y de lustre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qu’est-ce que l’homme, que tu te souviennes de lui, et le fils de l’homme, que tu le visites? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ein wenig hast du ihn unter die Engel erniedrigt; und mit Herrlichkeit und Pracht hast du ihn gekrönt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quid est homo, quod memor es ejus? aut filius hominis, quoniam visitas eum? |