Psalms 8:6

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

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Genesis 1:28And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Psalms 110:1Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

1 Corinthians 15:24Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

Hebrews 1:2hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in [his] Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

1 Peter 3:22who is one the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 8:4-9

Condescension of God. 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 a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest 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; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of… Read the whole commentary →

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