Hebrews 2:6

Someone spoke to God about this somewhere in the Scriptures, saying, ◄No one is worthy enough for you to think about him!/Who is worthy enough for you to think about him?► [RHQ] ◄No human is worthy enough for you to care for him!/Is any human worthy enough for you to care for him?► [RHQ]

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

In Context

5God has determined that the angels will not rule over everything. Instead, he has determined that Christ will rule in the new world that God will create. That is the new world about which I am writing.

7So it is surprising that you have caused people to be for a little while inferior in rank to angels. You have greatly honored [DOU] them [MET], as kings are honored with a crown.

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Cross References

Job 7:17“We human beings are not very important; so, why do you pay a lot of attention to us [DOU]?

Job 25:6So, ◄what about humans?/he does not consider humans to be important.► [RHQ] They are as insignificant as [MET] maggots. God does not think more highly of people than he thinks of worms.”

Psalms 144:3Yahweh, we people are very insignificant/unimportant, so why ◄are you concerned/do you care about us► [RHQ]? It is amazing to me that you pay attention to humans.

Isaiah 40:17The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing [HYP, DOU].

Luke 1:68“Praise the Lord, the God whom we(inc) people of Israel worship, because he has come to set us, his people, free from our enemies.

Luke 7:16Then everyone there was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!”

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 2:6-10

Design of Christ's Sufferings. ( a. d. 62.) 5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. 6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left… Read the whole commentary →

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