Psalms 8:5
“For thou hast made him a little lower then the Angels; and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”
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Psalms 8:5 Context
3When I consider thy heauens, the worke of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordained; 4What is man, that thou art mindfull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him? 5For thou hast made him a little lower then the Angels; and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6Thou madest him to haue dominion ouer the workes of thy hands; thou hast put all things vnder his feete. 7All sheepe and oxen, yea and the beasts of the field.
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Other Translations for Psalms 8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- King James Version
Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.
- Basic English Bible
Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.
- Darby Bible
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.
- Webster's Bible
For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.
- World English Bible
And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(8:6) Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 8:5
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.