Psalms 8:6

made them lord of the works of your hands, put all things under their feet –

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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

5Yet you made them little less than divine, crowned them with glory and majesty,

7sheep and oxen, all of them; and the wild beasts also:

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Cross References

Genesis 1:28Then God blessed them, and said to them: “Be fruitful, grow in number, fill the earth and govern it; rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that crawls on the ground,”

Psalms 110:1This said the Lord concerning my lord, “Sit at my right hand, till I set your foot on the neck of your foes.”

1 Corinthians 15:24Then will come the end – when he surrenders the kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.

Hebrews 1:2has in these latter days spoken to us by the Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.

1 Peter 3:22who has gone into heaven, and is at God’s right hand, where angels and archangels and the powers of heaven now yield submission to 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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