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Psalms 8:5 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

In context

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:

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Cross-references

  • Hebrews 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:
  • Hebrews 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.
  • Genesis 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 every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
  • Philippians 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:
  • Hebrews 2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.