Hebrews 2:6
New Living Translation
6 For in one place the Scriptures say,
“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,
or a son of man[a] that you should care for him?
Footnotes
- 2:6 Or the Son of Man.
Psalm 8:4-8
New Living Translation
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?[a]
5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God[b]
and crowned them[c] with glory and honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
Psalm 144:3
New Living Translation
3 O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them,
mere mortals that you should think about them?
Job 7:17-18
New Living Translation
17 “What are people, that you should make so much of us,
that you should think of us so often?
18 For you examine us every morning
and test us every moment.
Isaiah 51:12
New Living Translation
12 “I, yes I, am the one who comforts you.
So why are you afraid of mere humans,
who wither like the grass and disappear?
Job 25:6
New Living Translation
6 In comparison, people are maggots;
we mortals are mere worms.”
Job 15:14
New Living Translation
14 Can any mortal be pure?
Can anyone born of a woman be just?
Hebrews 4:4
New Living Translation
4 We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.”[a]
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1 Peter 1:11
New Living Translation
11 They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.
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Luke 7:16
New Living Translation
16 Great fear swept the crowd, and they praised God, saying, “A mighty prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited his people today.”
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Genesis 50:24
New Living Translation
24 “Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
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Hebrews 5:6
New Living Translation
6 And in another passage God said to him,
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”[a]
Luke 1:78
New Living Translation
78 Because of God’s tender mercy,
the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,[a]
Footnotes
- 1:78 Or the Morning Light from Heaven is about to visit us.
Luke 1:68
New Living Translation
68 “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has visited and redeemed his people.
Isaiah 40:17
New Living Translation
17 The nations of the world are worth nothing to him.
In his eyes they count for less than nothing—
mere emptiness and froth.
Psalm 146:3-4
New Living Translation
3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;
there is no help for you there.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
and all their plans die with them.
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