HEB 2:6 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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ULT Instead, someone somewhere testified, saying,
⇔  “What is man, that you remember him,
⇔  or a son of man, that you watch over him?

UST Someone confirmed what I have said when he wrote in the Scriptures,
⇔ “No humans are worthy enough for you to think about them, God!
⇔ No human beings are important enough for you to take care of them!

BSB But somewhere it is testified in these words:
⇔ “What is man that You are mindful of him,
⇔ or the son of man that You care for him?

BLB but someone somewhere has testified, saying, "What is man, that You are mindful of him, or the son of man, that You care for him?

AICNT But someone has testified somewhere, saying, “What is man that you remember him, or the son of man that you care for him?

OEB No; a writer has declared somewhere –
⇔ “What are mere mortals that you should remember them?
⇔ Or human beings that you should care for them?

WEBBE But one has somewhere testified, saying,
⇔ “What is man, that you think of him?
⇔ Or the son of man, that you care for him?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Instead someone testified somewhere:
⇔ “ What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

LSV and one in a certain place testified fully, saying, “What is man, that You are mindful of him,
Or a son of man, that You look after him?

FBV But as it's been said, “What are human beings that you should worry about them? What is a son of man[fn] that you should care about him?

2:6 “Son of man”: in normal use means just a human being; however Jesus applied this generic term to himself.

TCNT But in one place someone has testified:
⇔ “What is man that yoʋ are mindful of him,
⇔ or the son of man that yoʋ care for him?

T4T Someone spoke to God about this somewhere in the Scriptures, saying,
⇔ ◄No one is worthy enough for you to think about him!/Who is worthy enough for you to think about him?► [RHQ]
⇔ ◄No human is worthy enough for you to care for him!/Is any human worthy enough for you to care for him?► [RHQ]

LEB • But someone testified somewhere, saying,“What is man, that you remember him, • or the son of man, that you care for him?

BBE But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

Moff No Moff HEB book available

Wymth But, as we know, a writer has solemnly said, "How poor a creature is man, and yet Thou dost remember him, and a son of man, and yet Thou dost come to him!

ASV But one hath somewhere testified, saying,
⇔ What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
⇔ Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

DRA But one in a certain place hath testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him: or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

YLT and one in a certain place did testify fully, saying, 'What is man, that Thou art mindful of him, or a son of man, that Thou dost look after him?

Drby but one has testified somewhere, saying, What is man, that thou rememberest him, or son of man that thou visitest him?

RV But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Wbstr 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?

KJB-1769 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?
(But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou/you art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou/you visitest him? )

KJB-1611 [fn]But one in a certaine place testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindfull of him: or the Sonne of man that thou visitest him?
(But one in a certain place testified, saying: What is man, that thou/you art mindfull of him: or the Son of man that thou/you visitest him?)

2:6 Psal.8.4.

Bshps But one in a certayne place witnessed, saying: What is man, that thou arte myndeful of hym? Or the sonne of man, that thou wouldest loke vpon hym?
(But one in a certain place witnessed, saying: What is man, that thou/you art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou/you wouldest look upon him?)

Gnva But one in a certaine place witnessed, saying, What is man, that thou shouldest bee mindefull of him? or the sonne of man, that thou wouldest consider him?
(But one in a certain place witnessed, saying, What is man, that thou/you should be mindefull of him? or the son of man, that thou/you wouldest consider him? )

Cvdl But one in a certayne place witnesseth & sayeth: What is man, that thou art myndefull of him?or the sonne of man, that thou vysitest him?
(But one in a certain place witnesseth and sayeth: What is man, that thou/you art mindfull of him?or the son of man, that thou/you vysitest him?)

TNT But one in a certayne place witnessed sayinge. What is man that thou arte myndfull of him?
(But one in a certain place witnessed saying. What is man that thou/you art myndfull of him? )

Wyc But sum man witnesside in a place, and seide, What thing is man, that thou art myndeful of hym, or mannus sone, for thou visitist hym?
(But sum man witnesside in a place, and said, What thing is man, that thou/you art mindful of him, or man's son, for thou/you visitist him?)

Luth Es bezeuget aber einer an einem Ort und spricht: Was ist der Mensch, daß du sein gedenkest, und des Menschen Sohn, daß du ihn heimsuchest?
(It bezeuget but einer at one place and spricht: What is the/of_the Mensch, that you his gedenkest, and the Menschen son, that you him/it heimsuchest?)

ClVg Testatus est autem in quodam loco quis, dicens: Quid est homo quod memor es ejus, aut filius hominis quoniam visitas eum?[fn]
(Testatus it_is however in quodam instead quis, dicens: Quid it_is human that memor you_are his, aut son of_man quoniam visitas him? )

2.6 Quid est homo. Potest hoc legi admirative, ut per hominem et Filium hominis intelligatur Christus homo. Cujus fuit memor Deus in conceptione, dando immunitatem a peccato. Et visitavit in resurrectione, dando gloriam immortalitatis. Potest etiam hoc legi, cum despectu, pro terreno: Adam enim homo fuit, sed non filius hominis, sicut homines dicuntur qui portant ejus imaginem. Qui autem portavit imaginem Christi dicuntur filii hominum potius. Et ille, vetus homo dicitur; iste, novus. Homo igitur hoc loco terrenus est; Filius autem hominis, cœlestis. Et ille longe sejunctus est Deo, hic autem præsens est. Et ideo illius est memor tanquam in longinquo positi. Hunc visitat quem vultu suo, id est, gratiæ suæ præsentia illustrat. Visitas eum: hominem per Filium hominis, quasi per medicum infirmum, visitavit Pater.

2.6 Quid it_is homo. Potest this legi admirative, as through hominem and Son of_man intelligatur Christus homo. Cuyus fuit memor God in conceptione, dando immunitatem from peccato. And visitavit in resurrectione, dando gloriam immortalitatis. Potest also this legi, when/with despectu, for terreno: Adam because human fuit, but not/no son of_man, like homines dicuntur who portant his imaginem. Who however portavit imaginem of_Christ dicuntur children of_men potius. And ille, vetus human it_is_said; iste, novus. Homo igitur this instead terrenus est; Son however of_man, cœlestis. And ille longe seyunctus it_is Deo, this however præsens it_is. And ideo illius it_is memor tanquam in longinquo positi. Hunc visitat which vultu suo, id it_is, gratiæ suæ præsentia illustrat. Visitas eum: hominem through Son of_man, as_if through medicum weak, visitavit Pater.

UGNT διεμαρτύρατο δέ πού τις λέγων, τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν?
(diemarturato de pou tis legōn, ti estin anthrōpos, hoti mimnaʸskaʸ autou, aʸ huios anthrōpou, hoti episkeptaʸ auton?)

SBL-GNT διεμαρτύρατο δέ πού τις λέγων· Τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;
(diemarturato de pou tis legōn; Ti estin anthrōpos hoti mimnaʸskaʸ autou, aʸ huios anthrōpou hoti episkeptaʸ auton;)

TC-GNT Διεμαρτύρατο δέ πού τις λέγων,
⇔ Τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ;
⇔ Ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;
(Diemarturato de pou tis legōn,
⇔ Ti estin anthrōpos, hoti mimnaʸskaʸ autou;
⇔ Aʸ huios anthrōpou, hoti episkeptaʸ auton; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

διεμαρτύρατο & πού τις λέγων

testified & somewhere someone saying

Here and in the next two verses, the author quotes from the Old Testament. He intentionally uses vague words to introduce the quotation, and he does not identify who wrote the words or where they could be found. The quotation comes from Psalm 8:4–6. Since the author intentionally avoids giving information about where the quotation comes from, you should not include such information in your translation. If your readers would not know where the quote comes from, you could include the reference in a footnote. Alternate translation: “you can read these words in the Scriptures:”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν?

what is mankind that ˱you˲_/are/_remembering ˱of˲_him or /the/_son ˱of˲_man that ˱you˲_/are/_noticing him

The author does not include this question because he is looking for information. Rather, he includes it to involve the audience in what he is arguing. The question assumes that the answer is “nothing,” for nothing about man or a son of man is significant enough for God to remember or watch over him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a strong negation. Alternate translation: “Man has nothing that should make you remember him, and a son of man has nothing that should make you watch over him.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν

what is mankind that ˱you˲_/are/_remembering ˱of˲_him or /the/_son ˱of˲_man that ˱you˲_/are/_noticing him

Here, the quotation includes two questions that mean almost the same thing. This was considered good poetry in the author’s culture. If this would not be good poetry in your culture, and if the repetition would be confusing, you could combine the two statements. Alternate translation: “What is man, that you care about him” or “What is a son of man that you remember him”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἄνθρωπος & αὐτοῦ & υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου & αὐτόν

mankind & ˱of˲_him & /the/_son ˱of˲_man & him

The quotation refers to man and son of man, which are both singular and masculine. The author could intend these words primarily to identify: (1) humans in general. While he goes on to identify Jesus as the only human who currently fulfills these words (See: 2:9), he intends the words first of all to refer to humans in general. Alternate translation: “a human … him or her … a child of a human … him or her” (2) Jesus, who calls himself a son of man. In this case, you should preserve the singular and masculine language. Alternate translation: “Man … him … the Son of Man … him”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

μιμνῄσκῃ & ἐπισκέπτῃ

˱you˲_/are/_remembering & ˱you˲_/are/_noticing

Since the author of the quotation is speaking to God, the word you in this verse is singular.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου

/the/_son ˱of˲_man

In the culture of the quotation’s author, the phrase son of man was a way to refer to a person who was descended from other humans. In other words, it is another way to say man or “human.” Jesus used this phrase to refer to himself during his earthly life, so it is possible that the author of Hebrews intended son of man to refer to Jesus directly. However, the author never uses son of man to refer to Jesus anywhere else. If it would be helpful in your language, you could: (1) use a word or phrase that refers to humans in general. Alternate translation: “a human being” (2) use the same phrase that Jesus used to refer to himself. Alternate translation: “the Son of Man”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου

/the/_son ˱of˲_man

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. He does not include “what is” because he used these words in the first part of the sentence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could include these words here. Alternate translation: “what is a son of man”

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