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Psalm 8

Psa. 8:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thou hast made him a little
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
lower
chacer (Hebrew #2637)
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
KJV usage: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
Pronounce: khaw-sare'
Origin: a primitive root
than the angels
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, and hast crowned
`atar (Hebrew #5849)
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: compass, crown.
Pronounce: aw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
him with glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
and honor
hadar (Hebrew #1926)
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
KJV usage: beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
Pronounce: haw-dawr'
Origin: from 1921
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Angels,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 103:20• 20Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength,{HR}Doing his word, hearkening to the voice of his word. (Psa. 103:20)
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Gen. 1:26‑27• 26And God said, Let Us make men in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over fish of the sea, and over bird of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
 27And God created Man in his image, in God's image created he him; male and female created he them. (Gen. 1:26‑27)
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Gen. 2:7• 7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)
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2 Sam. 14:29• 29{i}Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again the second time, but he would not come.{/i} (2 Sam. 14:29)
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Job 4:18‑20• 18Behold, his servants he trusteth not,{HR}And to his angels he ascribeth error;
 19How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,{HR}The foundation of which [is] in the dust,{HR}Which are crushed as though moths.
 20From morning to evening they are destroyed;{HR}Before anyone marketh it they perish forever. (Job 4:18‑20)
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Phil. 2:7‑8• 7but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, being come in men's likeness;
 8and being found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (Phil. 2:7‑8)
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Heb. 2:7,9,16• 7Thou madest him some little less than angels; thou crownest him with glory and honour [and didst set him over the works of thy hands];
 9but we behold Jesus that was made some little less than angels on account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour; so that by God's grace he should taste of death for everything.
 16For verily not of angels doth he take hold but of Abraham's seed he taketh hold. (Heb. 2:7,9,16)
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Psa. 21:3‑5• 3For thou meetest him [with] blessings of goodness,{HR}Thou settest upon his head a crown of pure gold.
 4He asked life from thee;{HR}Thou gavest [it] him—length of days for ever and ever.
 5Great [is] his glory in thy salvation;{HR}Majesty and honour thou puttest upon him. (Psa. 21:3‑5)
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Psa. 45:1‑3,6• 1To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; to the sons of Korah, Maschil, a song of loves.{HR}My heart hath overflowed [with] a good matter;{HR}I am declaring my works to the king;{HR}My tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
 2Thou hast been very fair above the sons of men;{HR}Grace hath been poured into thy lips;{HR}Therefore God hath blessed thee forever.
 3Gird thy sword upon the thigh,{HR}Ο mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.
 6Thy throne, Ο God, [is] for ever and ever;{HR}A sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Psa. 45:1‑3,6)
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John 13:31‑32• 31When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
 32If God is glorified in him, God also shall glorify him in himself, and shall glorify him immediately. (John 13:31‑32)
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Eph. 1:21• 21far above every principality and authority and power and lordship and every name named not only in this age but also in that to come; (Eph. 1:21)
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Phil. 2:9‑11• 9Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave him the name that [is] above every name,
 10that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal [beings],
 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, unto God [the] Father's glory. (Phil. 2:9‑11)
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Heb. 2:9• 9but we behold Jesus that was made some little less than angels on account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour; so that by God's grace he should taste of death for everything. (Heb. 2:9)
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1 Peter 1:20‑21• 20foreknown indeed before [the] world's foundation, but manifested at [the] last of the times for your sake,
 21that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God, (1 Peter 1:20‑21)
• {v.5-6} Compared, however, with Christ―the Son of Man―creation becomes very small, for He is set over all the works of God’s hands, and all is put into subjection to Him. (“Psalm 8” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou hast made him a littlet lower than the angelsu, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "some little."
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Elohim. see Ps. 97.7.

W. Kelly Translation

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And thou makest him a little lower than the angels{HR}Anda [with] glory and honour thou crownest him.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, God. It may also mean For a little time lower, &c.