Psalms 8:6

(8:7) Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; every thing hast thou placed beneath his feet:

Leeser Tanakh

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

5(8:6) Yet thou hast made him but a little less than angels, and hast crowned him with honor and glory.

7(8:8) Flocks and herds altogether, and also 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 fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Psalms 110:1“By David, a psalm.” The Eternal saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I place thy enemies as a stool for thy feet.

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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