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Psalm 8:4–6

4 aWhat is man that You 1take thought of him,

And the son of man that You care for him?

5 Yet You have made him a alittle lower than 1God,

And bYou crown him with cglory and majesty!

6 You make him to arule over the works of Your hands;

You have bput all things under his feet,

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Psalm 8:4–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?

You have made them a little lower than the angels

and crowned them with glory and honor.

You made them rulers over the works of your hands;

you put everything under their feet:

Psalm 8:4–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

what is man that you are mindful of him,

and the son of man that you care for him?

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings

and crowned him with glory and honor.

You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;

you have put all things under his feet,

Psalm 8:4–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,

And hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

Thou hast put all things under his feet:

Psalm 8:4–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

what are mere mortals that you should think about them,

human beings that you should care for them?

Yet you made them only a little lower than God

and crowned them with glory and honor.

You gave them charge of everything you made,

putting all things under their authority—

Psalm 8:4–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

What is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of man that You visit him?

For You have made him a little lower than the angels,

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

You have put all things under his feet,

Psalm 8:4–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

But why are people even important to you?

Why do you take care of human beings?

You made them a little lower than the angels

and crowned them with glory and honor.

You put them in charge of everything you made.

You put all things under their control:

Psalm 8:4–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him but little lower than God,

And crownest him with glory and honor.

Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

Thou hast put all things under his feet:

Psalm 8:4–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour. Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:

Psalm 8:4–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

what is a mortal that you remember him 

or the Son of Man that you take care of him? 

You have made him a little lower than yourself. 

You have crowned him with glory and honor. 

You have made him rule what your hands created. 

You have put everything under his control: 

Psalm 8:4–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

what is man that You remember him,

the son of man that You look after him?

You made him little less than God

and crowned him with glory and honor.

You made him lord over the works of Your hands;

You put everything under his feet:

Psalm 8:4–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

what are human beings that you are mindful of them,

mortals that you care for them?

Yet you have made them a little lower than God,

and crowned them with glory and honor.

You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;

you have put all things under their feet,

Psalm 8:4–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

what is a human being that you think of him?

and a child of humankind that you care for him?

And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings,

and with glory and with majesty you crowned him.

You make him over the works of your hands;

all things you have placed under his feet:

Psalm 8:4–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

What is a human being that you think about him?

What is a son of man that you take care of him?

You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings.

You placed on him a crown of glory and honor.

You made human beings the rulers over all that your hands have created.

You put everything under their control.


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