Psalms 8:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Heb 2:7 : 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:
  • Heb 2:9 : 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.
  • Gen 1:26-27 : 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. 27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
  • Job 4:18-20 : 18 Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels; 19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect; 20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.
  • Ps 21:3-5 : 3 For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head. 4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.
  • Ps 45:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever. 3 Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.
  • Ps 45:6 : 6 Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.
  • Ps 103:4 : 4 He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.
  • Ps 103:20 : 20 Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice.
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him. 32 If God is given glory in him, God will give him glory in himself, and will give him glory even now.
  • Eph 1:21 : 21 Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:
  • Phil 2:7-9 : 7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men; 8 And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross. 9 For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name; 10 So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld, 11 And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Heb 2:16 : 16 For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham.
  • 1 Pet 1:20-21 : 20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you, 21 Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

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  • Heb 2:5-10
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    94%

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

    6 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?

    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.

    10 Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.

  • Ps 8:6-7
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    86%

    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;

  • Ps 8:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

    1 <To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

    2 You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

    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?

  • Ps 21:3-6
    4 verses
    76%

    3 For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

    4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

    5 His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

    6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

  • Heb 1:4-10
    7 verses
    74%

    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.

    7 And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire:

    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.

    9 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.

    10 You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

  • Heb 1:13
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    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?

  • Job 7:17
    73%

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

  • Ps 82:6-7
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    72%

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

    7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

  • Heb 5:5
    72%

    5 In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:

  • Ps 89:44
    72%

    44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.

  • Rev 5:10
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    10 And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.

  • Ps 144:3
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    3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

  • Ps 57:5
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    5 O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

  • Ps 108:5
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    5 Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

  • Rev 4:11
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    11 It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.

  • Ps 113:8
    70%

    8 To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

  • Phil 2:9
    70%

    9 For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;

  • Ps 80:17
    69%

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

  • Gen 1:26
    69%

    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.

  • Luke 4:10
    69%

    10 He will give his angels orders to take care of you:

  • Ps 92:4
    69%

    4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

  • Ps 102:25
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    25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Ps 89:17
    69%

    17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

  • Acts 2:34
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    34 For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,

  • Job 25:6
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    6 How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

  • Job 40:10
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    10 See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.

  • Ps 57:11
    68%

    11 Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

  • Ps 89:27
    68%

    27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

  • 1 Chr 17:18
    68%

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

  • Ps 113:6
    68%

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

  • Hab 1:14
    68%

    14 He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.