Hebrews 2:6

“But someone has testified somewhere, saying: What is a human being that you remember him, or a son of man that you look after him?”

Hebrews 2:6 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Psalms 8:4-6

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Where the Hebrew says “a little lower than Elohim,” Hebrews says “a little lower than the angels.”

Formula: διεμαρτύρατο δέ πού τις λέγων “someone has testified somewhere, saying” (Hebrews 2:6)

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Greek of the New Testament: διεμαρτύρατο δέ πού τις λέγων Τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ’ ἀγγέλους δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ γὰρ ὑποτάξαι τὰ πάντα οὐδὲν ἀφῆκεν αὐτῷ ἀνυπότακτον νῦν δὲ οὔπω ὁρῶμεν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ὑποτεταγμένα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): מָה אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ וּבֶן אָדָם כִּי תִפְקְדֶנּוּ וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְּעַט מֵאֱלֹהִים וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ כֹּל שַׁתָּה תַחַת רַגְלָיו

Septuagint (Psalms 8:5-7 in the Septuagint numbering): τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνήσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρʼ ἀγγέλους, δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν. καὶ κατέστησας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα χειρῶν σου· πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ,

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 16 consecutive words: “Τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hebrews 2:6, word by word

has testifiedδιεμαρτύρατοdiemartyrato

testify

To declare something in all seriousness.

Where else “diemartyrato” appears
somewhereπούpou

somewhere

In a place not named.

Where else “pou” appears
sayingλέγωνlegōn

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legōn” appears
isἐστινestin

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “estin” appears
a human beingἄνθρωποςanthrōpos

mortal

Humans, weak before God.

Where else “anthrōpos” appears
you rememberμιμνῄσκῃmimnēiskēi

remember to help

To remember someone in order to help them.

Where else “mimnēiskēi” appears
a sonυἱὸςhuios

Son

Jesus, the Son of God.

Where else “huios” appears
you look afterἐπισκέπτῃepiskeptēi

visit

To go see someone and care for them.

Where else “episkeptēi” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Psalm 8:4-6 according to the Greek Old Testament.

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Quotation · Psalms 8:4-6

Where the Hebrew says “a little lower than Elohim,” Hebrews says “a little lower than the angels.”

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Hebrews 2:6

6But someone has testified somewhere, saying: What is a human being that you remember him, or a son of man that you look after him?

Psalms 8:4-6

4what is the mortal that you remember him, and the son of man that you attend to him?

The context

5For it was not to angels that he subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

6 · This verse (above)

7You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor;

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