Psalms 8:6 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 8:6

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

6 voices

Ambrose of Milan

The Prayer of Job and David 4.9.26 (397)

One who, by way of ignorance, pretended to the insensibility and lack of knowledge characteristic of a beast begins to be a human once he has been encompassed by the grace of God. Indeed, if he is capable of reason and of grace, he is proved human by that very fact, and thus he rejoices that he has been separated from the dumb animals and has been admitted into the company of humankind, which God visits and protects. For what are human beings except that the Lord is mindful of them and that they are visited by the Lord?

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands,.... All power in heaven and in earth being given to him: when he was raised from the dead, and when he ascended on high, and was set down at the right hand of God, he was made or declared Lord and Christ; Lord of the hosts of heaven, of all the angels there, King of saints, King of kings, and Lord of lords.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

His charter, by which he holds this royalty, bears equal date with his creation ( Gen. i. 28 ) and was renewed after the flood, Gen. ix. God has put all things under man's feet, that he might serve himself, not only of the labour, but of the productions and lives of the inferior creatures; they are all delivered into his hand, nay, they are all put under his feet.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou madest him to have dominion - Jesus Christ, who, being in the form of God, and equal with God, for a time emptied himself, and made himself of no reputation; was afterwards highly exalted, and had a name above every name. See the notes referred to above, and those on Php 2:6-9 (note).

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

These verses may set forth man's position among the creatures before he fell; but as they are, by the apostle Paul, appropriated to man as represented by the Lord Jesus, it is best to give most weight to that meaning. In order of dignity, man stood next to the angels, and a little lower than they; in the Lord Jesus this was accomplished, for he was made a little lower than the angels by the suffering of death.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תַּ֭מְשִׁילֵהוּ	Tam.shi.le.hu	you make rule him	H4910 →
בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י	be.ma.'a.Sei	over [the] works of	H4639 →
יָדֶ֑יךָ	ya.Dei.kha	hands your	H3027 →
כֹּ֝ל	kol	everything	H3605 →
שַׁ֣תָּה	Sha.tah	you have put	H7896 →
תַֽחַת־	ta.chat-	under	H8478 →
רַגְלָֽיו׃	rag.Lav	feet his	H7272 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
leads to
- John 3:35
  The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
- Ephesians 1:20–22
  which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
Through
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…
leads to
- Colossians 3:10
  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Ephesians 4:24
  and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
- Psalms 8:4–8
  what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Through
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
leads to
- Genesis 9:1
  And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms