5For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.


In Context

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

Psalm 8:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:5You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:5Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For thou hast made him but little lower than God, and crownest him with glory and honour.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:5And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:5For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor.