Psalms 144:3
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
KJV
Magnus Dominus, et laudabilis nimis, et magnitudinis ejus non est finis.
Vulgate
μέγας ὁ κύριος καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα, καὶ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν πέρας.
LXX
Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
ASV
יְֽהוָ֗ה מָה אָ֭דָם וַ/תֵּדָעֵ֑/הוּ בֶּן אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ וַֽ/תְּחַשְּׁבֵֽ/הוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ
'nvsh
noun · 41×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. When children are just brought to their learning, their teachers do not give them many tasks in succession, nor do they set them once for all, but they often repeat to them the same short ones, so that what is said may be easily implanted in their minds, and they may not be vexed at the first onset with the quantity, and with finding it hard to remember, and become less acti…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 16:25 — For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
- 1Chr 17:16 — And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
- Heb 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?
- Heb 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?
- Isa 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
- 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 14:3 — And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
- Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- 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 146:3 — Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.