King James Version
psalm 8:5 in the King James Version says “For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.” — study this verse from psalm chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”
psalm 8:5 · King James Version
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; All: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them
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