Psalm 144:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
O LORD, 
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
whatמָה־
(mah-)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
is man,אָ֭דָם
(a·dam)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
that You take knowledgeוַתֵּדָעֵ֑הוּ
(vat·te·da·'e·hu;)
3045: to knowa prim. root
of him? Or the sonבֶּן־
(ben-)
1121: sona prim. root
of man, 
 
582: man, mankindfrom an unused word
that You thinkוַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּ׃
(vat·te·cha·she·ve·hu.)
2803: to think, accounta prim. root
of him? 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
what is man
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
that thou takest knowledge
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
of him or the son
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of man
'enowsh  (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
that thou makest account
chashab  (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
of him
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him?

King James Bible
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, what is man, that You care for him, the son of man, that You think of him?

International Standard Version
LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?

NET Bible
O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Lord Jehovah, what is a son of man that you know him, and a son of man that you think much of him?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O LORD, what are humans that you should care about them? What are mere mortals that you should think about them?

King James 2000 Bible
LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him!
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