Psalms 8:4
| NET© | Of what importance is the human race, 1 that you should notice 2 them? Of what importance is mankind, 3 that you should pay attention to them, 4 |
| NIV© | what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? |
| biblegateway Psa 8:4 | |
| NASB© | What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? |
| biblegateway Psa 8:4 | |
| NLT© | what are mortals that you should think of us, mere humans that you should care for us? |
| biblegateway Psa 8:4 | |
| MSG© | Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way? |
| biblegateway Psa 8:4 | |
| BBE© | What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account? |
| SABDAweb Psa 8:4 | |
| NRSV© | what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? |
| bibleoremus Psa 8:4 | |
| NKJV© | What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? |
| biblegateway Psa 8:4 | |
| KJV | What is man <0582>, that thou art mindful <02142> (8799) of him? and the son <01121> of man <0120>, that thou visitest <06485> (8799) him? |
| NASB© | What <04100> is man <0582> that You take <02142> thought <02142> of him, And the son <01121> of man <0120> that You care <06485> for him? |
| Hebrew | <06485> wndqpt <03588> yk <0120> Mda <01121> Nbw <02142> wnrkzt <03588> yk <0582> swna <04100> hm |
| NET© [draft] ITL | |
| NET© | Of what importance is the human race, 1 that you should notice 2 them? Of what importance is mankind, 3 that you should pay attention to them, 4 |
| NET© Notes |
1 tn Heb “What is man[kind]?” The singular noun אֱנוֹשׁ (’enosh, “man”) is used here in a collective sense and refers to the human race. 2 tn Heb “remember him.” 3 tn Heb “and the son of man.” The phrase “son of man” is used here in a collective sense and refers to human beings. For other uses of the phrase in a collective or representative manner, see Num 23:19; Ps 146:3; Isa 51:12. 4 tn The two imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 describe God’s characteristic activity. |
