Psalms 8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
KJV
Quid est homo, quod memor es ejus ? aut filius hominis, quoniam visitas eum ?
Vulgate
τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνήσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;
LXX
For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.
ASV
מָֽה אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי תִזְכְּרֶ֑/נּוּ וּ/בֶן אָ֝דָ֗ם כִּ֣י תִפְקְדֶֽ/נּוּ
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×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
Doctrines that cite this verse
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§2566Man is in search of God. In the act of creation, God calls every being from nothingness into existence. "Crowned with glory and honor," man is, after the angels, capable of acknowledging "how majestic is the name of the Lord in all the earth."1 Even after losing through his sin his likeness to God, man remains an image of his Creator, and retains the desire for the one who call…
§2809The holiness of God is the inaccessible center of his eternal mystery. What is revealed of it in creation and history, Scripture calls "glory," the radiance of his majesty.68 In making man in his image and likeness, God "crowned him with glory and honor," but by sinning, man fell "short of the glory of God."69 From that time on, God was to manifest his holiness by revealing and…
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…
This good and almighty God created all things, both visible and invisible, by his co-eternal Word, and preserves them by his co-eternal Spirit, as David testified when he said: "By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth." All things which God created were very good, and created for the benefit of man. Now we say that all those …
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:20 — Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
- Eph 1:21 — Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- 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
- Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Heb 2:7 — Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
- Heb 2:7 — Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
- Heb 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- Heb 2:16 — For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
- Matt 10:31 — Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
- Phil 2:7 — But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
- Phil 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- Ps 21:3 — For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
- Ps 103:4 — Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- Ps 103:4 — Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- Rev 19:12 — His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.