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How Majestic Is Your Name!

Psalms 8:4

In 11 translations

BSB
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
KJV
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
WEB
what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
ASV
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
LSV
What [is] man that You remember him? The son of man that You inspect him?
YLT
What [is] man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?
DBY
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
DRC8:5
What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi?
GNV
What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?
JPS8:5
What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?
LXXE8:5
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC8:5
מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם כִּ֣י תִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃KJV:Ps.8.4
LXX-Br8:5
Τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνήσκῃ αὐτοῦ; ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 7:17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
  • Psalms 144:3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
  • Hebrews 2:6–9But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor and…
  • Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
  • Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
  • Genesis 21:1Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
  • Psalms 80:17Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
  • 2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
  • Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
  • Job 25:6how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
  • Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
  • Psalms 106:4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
  • Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
  • Exodus 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
  • Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
  • Isaiah 40:17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 8:5 in some Bibles
  • 8:4 in most Bibles

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