Hebrews 2:6
But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
KJV
διεμαρτύρατο δέ πού τις λέγων, τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;
Greek NT
Testatus est autem in quodam loco quis, dicens : Quid est homo quod memor es ejus, aut filius hominis quoniam visitas eum ?
Vulgate
But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
ASV
But one in a certain place hath testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Ps 8:4 · adapted"What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?"Psalm 8: what is man that you are mindful — applied to Christ
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! David celebrates the glory of God as displayed in the heavens and in the dignity bestowed upon man. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings God has ordained strength — Christ quotes these words against the scribes and Pharisees. The dominion over creation given to man finds its true fulfillment in Christ, the second A…
'O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth; who hast set Thy glory above the heavens.' See Ps. viii. 1. This is spoken to the Lord our God, Jesus Christ, whose name, after His resurrection and glorification in heaven, is made known in the whole world. 'Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise.' See Ps. viii. 2. Our Lord cited this ve…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 2:5 — For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- Exod 3:16 — Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen
- Gen 1:26 — 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
- Heb 4:4 — For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
- Isa 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Job 7:17 — What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
- Job 7:17 — What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
- Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 25:6 — How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
- Ps 8:4 — What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- Ps 8:4 — What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- Ps 144:3 — LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
- Ps 144:3 — LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!