Psalm 8:4 “what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You ca…”

Psalm 8:4

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

What [is] man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“What”

Job 7:17 Psalm 144:3 Hebrews 2:6–9 2 Chronicles 6:18 Job 25:6 Isaiah 40:17

Job 7:17 · BSB

What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

Psalm 144:3 · BSB

O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?

Hebrews 2:6–9 · BSB

But 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?

2 Chronicles 6:18 · BSB

But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Job 25:6 · BSB

how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

Isaiah 40:17 · BSB

All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.

“son”

Psalm 146:3 Psalm 80:17 Isaiah 51:12 Matthew 8:20 Psalm 4:2 Ezekiel 8:15

Psalm 146:3 · BSB

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

Psalm 80:17 · BSB

Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.

Isaiah 51:12 · BSB

“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?

Matthew 8:20 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Psalm 4:2 · BSB

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies ? Selah

Ezekiel 8:15 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

“visitest”

Luke 1:68 Genesis 21:1 Psalm 106:4 Exodus 4:31 Luke 19:44 1 Peter 2:12

Luke 1:68 · BSB

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

Genesis 21:1 · BSB

Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

Psalm 106:4 · BSB

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Exodus 4:31 · BSB

and 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 19:44 · BSB

They 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. ”

1 Peter 2:12 · BSB

Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

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