"Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all {things} under his feet:" — Psalms 8:6

Psalms 8:6 · KJV

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

— Psalms 8:6

Verse 5

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Verse 7

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; {All...: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them}

Psalms 8 — Context

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

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

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; {All...: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them}

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, {and whatsoever} passeth through the paths of the seas.

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. {moveth: Heb. creepeth}

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Hebrews 2:8

Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing {that is} not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

Ephesians 1:22

And hath put all {things} under his feet, and gave him {to be} the head over all {things} to the church,

Genesis 9:2

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth {upon} the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Psalms 110:1

[A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

1 Peter 3:22

Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

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