Parallel Verses

Amplified

But one has [solemnly] testified somewhere [in Scripture], saying,

What is man, that You are mindful of him,
Or the son of man, that You graciously care for him?

New American Standard Bible

But one has testified somewhere, saying,
What is man, that You remember him?
Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?

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?

Holman Bible

But one has somewhere testified:

What is man that You remember him,
or the son of man that You care for him?

International Standard Version

Instead, someone has declared somewhere, "What is man that you should remember him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

A Conservative Version

But a certain man has somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou remember him? Or a son of man, that thou help him?

American Standard Version

But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

An Understandable Version

But someone has testified somewhere [Psa. 8:4-6], "What is man, that you [i.e., God] should remember him? Or the son of man [i.e., mankind], that you should care about him?

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

Common New Testament

But there is a place where someone has testified, "What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him?

Daniel Mace New Testament

and this is attested by a certain writer, who says, "what is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou visitest him?

Darby Translation

but one has testified somewhere, saying, What is man, that thou rememberest him, or son of man that thou visitest him?

Godbey New Testament

But somewhere one testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the Son of man, that thou visitest him?

Goodspeed New Testament

For someone has somewhere solemnly declared, "What is man? for you think of him; Or any man? for you care for him.

John Wesley New Testament

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?

Julia Smith Translation

And somewhere a certain one testified, saying, What is man, that thou rememberest him? or the son of man, that thou reviewest him?

King James 2000

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man, that you visit him?

Lexham Expanded Bible

But someone testified somewhere, saying, "What is man, that you remember him, or the son of man, that you care for him?

Modern King James verseion

But one testified in a certain place, saying, "What is man, that You are mindful of him; or the son of man, that You visit him?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

but one in a certain place witnessed, saying, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him: other the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Moffatt New Testament

One writer, as we know, has affirmed, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

Montgomery New Testament

But some one, somewhere, testified, saying. What is Man, that thou art mindful of him? Or any man, that thou carest for him?

NET Bible

Instead someone testified somewhere: "What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

New Heart English Bible

But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?

Noyes New Testament

But one in a certain place bore testimony, saying, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

Sawyer New Testament

But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him?

The Emphasized Bible

But one somewhere hath borne witness, saying - What is man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? Or the son of man, that thou shouldst put him in charge?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But one in a certain passage testifieth, saying, "What is man, that thou rememberest him, or a son of man, that thou regardest him?"

Twentieth Century New Testament

No; a writer has declared somewhere-- 'What is Man that thou shouldst remember him? Or a Son of Man that thou shouldst regard him?

Webster

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?

Weymouth New Testament

But, as we know, a writer has solemnly said, "How poor a creature is man, and yet Thou dost remember him, and a son of man, and yet Thou dost come to him!

Williams New Testament

For someone somewhere has solemnly said: "What is man that you should think of him, or the Son of Man that you should care for Him?

World English Bible

But one has somewhere testified, saying, "What is man, that you think of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?

Worrell New Testament

but some one, somewhere, fully testified, saying, "What is man, that Thou rememberest him; or a son of man, that Thou visitest him?

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

and one in a certain place did testify fully, saying, 'What is man, that Thou art mindful of him, or a son of man, that Thou dost look after him?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

one
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

in a certain place
πού 
Pou 
Usage: 3

διαμαρτύρομαι 
Diamarturomai 
Usage: 13

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

ὅτι 
Hoti 
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764
Usage: 764

thou art mindful
μιμνήσκω 
Mimnesko 
Usage: 2

of him

Usage: 0

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

the son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

of man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

thou visitest
ἐπισκέπτομαι 
Episkeptomai 
Usage: 9

Devotionals

Devotionals about Hebrews 2:6

Images Hebrews 2:6

Prayers for Hebrews 2:6

Context Readings

The Son's Humiliation And Suffering

5 It was not to angels that God subjected the [inhabited] world of the future [when Christ reigns], about which we are speaking. 6 But one has [solemnly] testified somewhere [in Scripture], saying,

What is man, that You are mindful of him,
Or the son of man, that You graciously care for him?
7
You have made him for a little while lower [in status] than the angels;
You have crowned him with glory and honor,
And set him over the works of Your hands;


Cross References

Job 7:17-18


“What is man that You [should] magnify him [and think him important]?
And that You are concerned about him?

Hebrews 4:4

For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

Genesis 50:24

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up out of this land to the land which He promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob [to give you].”

Job 15:14


“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?

Job 25:6


How much less man, that maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”

Psalm 8:4-8


What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?

Psalm 144:3


Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?

Psalm 146:3-4


Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).

Isaiah 40:17


All the nations are as nothing before Him,
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless.

Isaiah 51:12


“I, even I, am He who comforts you.
Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies
And of a son of man who is made [as destructible] as grass,

Luke 1:68


“Blessed (praised, glorified) be the Lord, the God of Israel,
Because He has visited us and brought redemption to His people,

Luke 1:78


Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise (the Messiah) from on high will dawn and visit us,

Luke 7:16

Fear and profound awe gripped them all, and they began glorifying and honoring and praising God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people [to help and care for and provide for them]!”

Hebrews 5:6

just as He also says in another place,

You are a priest [appointed] forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

1 Peter 1:11

seeking to find out what person or what time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He foretold the sufferings of Christ and the glories [destined] to follow.

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