Hebrews 2:6

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?

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δέ de	G1161	but · conjunction
one	τις tis	G5100	some or any person or object · indefinite pronoun — nominative singular masculine
place	πού pou	G4225	as adverb of place · adverb
testified	διεμαρτύρατο diemarturato	G1263	to attest or protest earnestly · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
saying	λέγων· legōn	G3004	properly · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
What	τί ti	G5101	an interrogative pronoun · interrogative pronoun — nominative singular neuter
is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
man	ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — nominative singular masculine
that	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
mindful	μιμνῄσκῃ mimnēskē	G3403	to remind · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 2nd person singular
him	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
or	ἢ ē	G2228	disjunctive · conjunction
son	υἱὸς huios	G5207	a "son" (sometimes of animals) · noun — nominative singular masculine
man	ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — genitive singular masculine
that	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
visitest	ἐπισκέπτῃ episkeptē	G1980	to inspect · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 2nd person singular
him	αὐτόν; auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine

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Cross-references

Psalms 8:4-8 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms 144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Job 7:17-18 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Isaiah 51:12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall…
Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Hebrews 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abra…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 2:5-9

The apostle, having made this serious application of the doctrine of the personal excellency of Christ above the angels, now returns to that pleasant subject again, and pursues it further (Heb 2:5): For to the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. I. Here the apostle lays down a negative proposition, including a positive one - That the state of the gospel-church, which is here called the world to come, is not subjected to the angels, but under the special care and direction of the Redeemer himself. Neither the state in which the church is at present, nor that more completely restored state at which it shall arrive when the prince of this world is cast out…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 2:6

But--It is not to angels the Gospel kingdom is subject, BUT . . . one . . . testified--the usual way of quoting Scripture to readers familiar with it. Psa 8:5-7 praises Jehovah for exalting MAN, so as to subject all the works of God on earth to him: this dignity having been lost by the first Adam, is realized only in Christ the Son of man, the Representative Man and Head of our redeemed race. Thus Paul proves that it is to MAN, not to angels, that God has subjected the "world to come." In Heb 2:6-8, MAN is spoken of in general ("him . . . him . . . his); then at Heb 2:9, first JESUS is introduced as fulfilling, as man, all the conditions of the prophecy, and passing through death Himself;…

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Adam Clarke on Hebrews 2:6

But one in a certain place - This one is David; and the certain place, Psa 8:4, Psa 8:5, Psa 8:6. But why does the apostle use this indeterminate mode of quotation? Because it was common thus to express the testimony of any of the inspired writers; אמר ההוא amar hahu kethab, thus saith a certain scripture. So Philo, De Plant. Noe: Ειπε γαρ που, he saith somewhere; ειπε γαρ τις, a certain person saith. Thus even the heathens were accustomed to quote high authorities; so Plato, Tim.: Ὡς εφη τις, as a certain person saith, meaning Heraclitus. See in Rosenmuller. It is such a mode of quotation as we sometimes use when we speak of a very eminent person who is well known; as that very eminent per…

The Church Fathers

"But there is a certain one who testified somewhere, saying." Speaking to those who knew the Scriptures, Paul does not mention the names of those who say: "What is man?"
— Oecumenius, The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews

"that you are mindful of him." For you have not only brought him into being, but also granted him to be well, and you will continue to be mindful, and you will visit him when he is in a bad state.
— Oecumenius, The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews

Gird Thee Thy sword around Thy thigh, most potent in Thy bloom and beauty!" while the Father withal afterwards, after making Him somewhat lower than angels, "crowned Him with glory and honour and subjected all things beneath His feet." And then shall they "learn to know Him whom they pierced, and shall beat their breasts tribe by tribe; " of course because in days bygone they did not know Him when conditionedin the humility of human estate.
— Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews

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Hebrews 2:6

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 2:5-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 2:6

Adam Clarke on Hebrews 2:6

The Church Fathers

Hebrews 2:6

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 2:5-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 2:6

Adam Clarke on Hebrews 2:6

The Church Fathers

John Gill on Hebrews 2:6

John Calvin on Hebrews 2:5-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hebrews 2:6-8