Hebrews 2:7-9 You made him a little bit lower than the angels i.e., a little less exalted. Note: Although these Psalms passages referred to mankind, they are here applied to Jesus. See verse. You crowned him with splendor and honor {{some ancient manuscripts add “and placed him as ruler over what you made”}}.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ You made him a little bit lower than the angels [i.e., a little less exalted]. [Note: Although these Psalms passages referred to mankind, they are here applied to Jesus. See verse 9]. You crowned him with splendor and honor {{some ancient manuscripts add “and placed him as ruler over what you made”}}. ⁸ You placed everything under his feet [Note: This is true of both mankind (Gen. 1:26-28) and of Jesus (Eph. 1:22-23)]. For in subjecting everything to him, God did not leave anything that is not subject to him. But at the present time we do not see what all has been subjected to him. ⁹ But we do see Jesus, who was made a little bit lower than the angels [i.e., by suffering death as a human being], and was crowned with splendor and honor because He suffered death. It was by God’s unearned favor that He would experience death for every person.