You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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:
- BSB You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
- NKJV You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
- NASB “You have made him for a little while lower than angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor;
- NLT Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
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Cross-references · 2
- Ps 8:5For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.
- Phil 2:6–7who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
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