Psalms 8:6

“You make him rule over the works of your hands; all things you put under his feet:”

Psalms 8:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 15:27

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Paul uses without a formula the phrase of Psalm 8:6, “all things you put under his feet,” and comments on it.

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Greek of the New Testament: πάντα γὰρ ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ὅταν δὲ εἴπῃ ὅτι πάντα ὑποτέτακται δῆλον ὅτι ἐκτὸς τοῦ ὑποτάξαντος αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ כֹּל שַׁתָּה תַחַת רַגְלָיו

Septuagint (Psalms 8:7 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ κατέστησας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα χειρῶν σου· πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ,

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

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

Quotation · Ephesians 1:22

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Ephesians uses without a formula the phrase of Psalm 8:6, “all things you put under his feet.”

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ πάντα ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸν ἔδωκεν κεφαλὴν ὑπὲρ πάντα τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ כֹּל שַׁתָּה תַחַת רַגְלָיו

Septuagint (Psalms 8:7 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ κατέστησας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα χειρῶν σου· πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ,

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

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

Psalms 8:6, word by word

You make him ruleתַּמְשִׁילֵtamshile

rule

To hold sway over something or someone.

Where else “tamshile” appears
over the worksמַעֲשֵׂיmaase

work

What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.

Where else “maase” appears
of your handsיָדֶיyade

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yade” appears
you putשַׁתָּהshata

put

To station something somewhere; sow enmity.

Where else “shata” appears
his feetרַגְלָיraglay

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “raglay” appears

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 15:27

Paul uses without a formula the phrase of Psalm 8:6, “all things you put under his feet,” and comments on it.

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Psalms 8:6

6You make him rule over the works of your hands; all things you put under his feet:

1 Corinthians 15:27

27For he subjected all things under his feet. But when he says all things have been subjected, it is clear that this is apart from the one who subjected all things to him.

Quotation · Ephesians 1:22

Ephesians uses without a formula the phrase of Psalm 8:6, “all things you put under his feet.”

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Psalms 8:6

6You make him rule over the works of your hands; all things you put under his feet:

Ephesians 1:22

22and he subjected all things under his feet, and gave him as head over all things to the assembly,

The context

5You made him a little lower than Elohim, and with glory and majesty you crowned him.

6 · This verse (above)

7sheep and cattle, all of them, and also the beasts of the field,

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