Psalms 8:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”
Psalms 8:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Psalms 8:5 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Psalms 8:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Psalms 8:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.”
Psalms 8:5 — World English Bible
Psalms 8:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. ”
Psalms 8:5 — American Standard Version
Psalms 8:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.”
Psalms 8:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Psalms 8:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“ Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour. ”
Psalms 8:5 — Darby Translation
Psalms 8:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For thou hast made him a little lower then God, and crowned him with glory and worship.”
Psalms 8:5 — Geneva Bible
Psalms 8:5 in Context — Psalms 8
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
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What Does Psalms 8:5 Mean?
Psalms 8:5 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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