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Hebrews 2:5–6

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The Founder of Salvation

5For it was not to angels that God subjected the world lto come, of which we are speaking. 6It has been testified somewhere,

m“What is man, that you are mindful of him,

or the son of man, that you care for him?

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Cross references

  1. lch. 6:5
  2. mCited from Ps. 8:4–6

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified:

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,

a son of man that you care for him?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For he has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about. But someone somewhere has testified:

What is man that you remember him,

or the son of man that you care for him?

NLTNew Living Translation

And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about. For in one place the Scriptures say,

“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,

or a son of man that you should care for him?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For he did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking. But someone testified somewhere, saying,

“What is man, that you remember him,

or the son of man, that you care for him?

KJV 1900King James Version

For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. 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?