Psalm 8:5 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

You have made him a little lower than yourself. You have crowned him with glory and honor.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

ASV:

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

BBE:

For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

DBY:

Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.

ERV:

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, and crownest him with glory and honour.

JPS:

Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

WBS:

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

WEB:

For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.

YLT:

And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

Psalm 8:5 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

Psalm 21:5 His glory is great through Your salvation, Splendor and majesty You place upon him.

Psalm 82:6 I said, "You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High.

Psalm 103:4 Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the {c} angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
(c) Concerning his first creation.

WES:

8:5 For - Thou hast in Christ mercifully restored man to his primitive estate, wherein he was but one remove below the angels; from which he was fallen by sin. Crowned - Man, fallen and lost man: who is actually restored to glory and dominion in Christ his head and representative, who received this crown and dominion for man's good, and in his stead; which he will in due time communicate to his members. And so the two expositions of this place concerning mankind and concerning Christ, may be reconciled. For he speaks of that honourable estate conferred first upon Christ, and then by his hands upon mankind. But the words more literally rendered are, Thou madest him a little less than God. And hence some have inferred, that man in his original state was the highest of all creatures.

MHC:

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 Heb 2:6-8, the apostle, to prove the sovereign dominion of Christ, shows he is that Man, that Son of man, here spoken of, whom God has made to have dominion over the works of his hands. The greatest favour ever showed to the human race, and the greatest honour ever put upon human nature, were exemplified in the Lord Jesus. With good reason does the psalmist conclude as he began, Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, which has been honoured with the presence of the Redeemer, and is still enlightened by his gospel, and governed by his wisdom and power! What words can reach his praises, who has a right to our obedience as our Redeemer?

CONC:

Angels Beings Causest Compassest Crown Crowned Crownest Crowning Glory Godhead Gods Hast Heavenly Honor Honour Lack Less Lower Majesty Splendour Yet

Angels Beings Causest Compassest Crown Crowned Crownest Crowning Glory Godhead Gods Heavenly Honor Honour Lack Little Majesty Splendour

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