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26 Then God said, ‘Let us(A) make man[a] in[b] our image, according to our likeness.(B) They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl[c] on the earth.’(C)

27 So God created man in his own image;
he created him in the image of God;
he created them male and female.(D)

28 God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,(E) and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.’

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  1. 1:26 Or human beings; Hb ‘adam, also in v. 27
  2. 1:26 Or as
  3. 1:26 Or scurry

When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,(A)
what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man[a] that you look after him?(B)
You made him a little less than God[b][c]
and crowned him with glory and honour.
You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:(C)
all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:4 Or a mere mortal
  2. 8:5 LXX reads angels
  3. 8:5 Or heavenly beings; Hb Elohim