Hebrews 2:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 144:3 : 3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?
  • Ps 8:4-8 : 4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account? 5 For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour. 6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet; 7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field; 8 The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.
  • Job 7:17-18 : 17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him, 18 And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?
  • Job 25:6 : 6 How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
  • Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
  • Heb 4:4 : 4 For in one place he has said of the seventh day, And God had rest from all his works on the seventh day;
  • Gen 50:24 : 24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
  • Luke 1:68 : 68 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and made them free,
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
  • Luke 7:16 : 16 And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.
  • Heb 5:6 : 6 As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.
  • Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 8:3-6
    4 verses
    91%

    3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

    4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

    5 For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

    6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

  • Heb 2:7-9
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    84%

    7 You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:

    8 You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

    9 But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.

  • Job 7:17-18
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    81%

    17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

    18 And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

  • Ps 144:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

    4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

  • Heb 2:5
    72%

    5 For he did not make the angels rulers over the world to come, of which I am writing.

  • Job 25:6
    71%

    6 How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

  • Heb 1:4-6
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    70%

    4 Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.

    5 To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

    6 And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.

  • Ps 113:6
    69%

    6 Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?

  • Heb 1:13
    69%

    13 But of which of the angels has he said at any time, Take your seat at my right hand till I put all those who are against you under your feet?

  • Ps 80:17
    68%

    17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

  • Job 36:24
    68%

    24 See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

  • Eccl 6:11
    68%

    11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

  • Job 15:14
    68%

    14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

  • Ps 82:6
    68%

    6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

  • 2 Sam 7:19
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    19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

  • Isa 2:22
    67%

    22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

  • Ps 103:14
    66%

    14 For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.

  • Job 4:17
    66%

    17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • Ps 49:12
    66%

    12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • Ps 89:47
    66%

    47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

  • Job 20:4
    66%

    4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • Job 10:4-6
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    4 Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

    5 Are your days as the days of man, or your years like his,

    6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • Job 18:3
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    3 Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

  • Eccl 3:18
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    18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

  • Eccl 3:21
    66%

    21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?

  • Ps 90:3
    66%

    3 You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.

  • 1 Chr 17:17-18
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    65%

    17 And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

    18 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

  • Heb 5:6
    65%

    6 As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Ps 39:5
    65%

    5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • Ps 53:2
    65%

    2 God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

  • Job 31:14
    65%

    14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

  • Heb 1:8
    65%

    8 But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

  • Job 32:13
    65%

    13 Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

  • Ps 102:25
    65%

    25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Gen 1:26
    65%

    26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

  • Phil 2:7
    65%

    7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;

  • Job 15:7
    65%

    7 Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

  • Acts 2:34
    65%

    34 For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,