Psalms 8 · Verse 7

Psalms 8:7

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Psalms 8:7, King James Version

Psalms 8:7 in other translations

BSBall sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
WEBAll sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
ASVAll sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,
YLTSheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field,
DARBYSheep and oxen, all of them, and also the beasts of the field;
BBEAll sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;
WebsterAll sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field;

What does Psalms 8:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 8:5-8

5-8. God has placed man next in dignity to angels, and but a little lower, and has crowned him with the empire of the world. glory and honour--are the attributes of royal dignity (Psa 21:5; 45:3). The position assigned man is that described (Ge 1:26-28) as belonging to Adam, in his original condition, the terms employed in detailing the subjects of man's dominion corresponding with those there used. In a modified…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 All sheep and oxen - All domestic animals, and those to be employed in agriculture. Beasts of the field - All wild beasts, and inhabitants of the forest.

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…

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Psalms 8:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צֹנֶ֣הtzo.NehsheepH6792
וַאֲלָפִ֣יםva.'a.la.Fimand cattle<s>H504
כֻּלָּ֑םku.Lamall of themH3605
וְ֝גַ֗םve.Gamand alsoH1571
בַּהֲמ֥וֹתba.ha.Mot[the] animals ofH929
שָׂדָֽי\׃sa.Dai[the] fieldH7704

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 8:7

  • Genesis 2:20

    And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Heb. Flocks and oxen, all of them.
Ge 2:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 8:6

    Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

  • Psalms 8:7

    All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

  • Psalms 8:8

    The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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Psalms 8:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ovejas, y bueyes, todo ello; y asimismo las bestias del campo;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu l’as fait dominer sur les œuvres de tes mains; tu as mis toutes choses sous ses pieds:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Schafe und Rinder allesamt und auch die Tiere des Feldes,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum.