Son of Man

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King David asked essentially the same thing: “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers… what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?”

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2015

So could the banished phrase "son of man," a New Testament title associated with Jesus as the Messiah.

From Time Magazine Archive

The more famous rendering of Psalms 8: 4 is rather more ringing: "What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Asked Barkley: "Would it be inappropriate here to paraphrase a quotation from the Bible, 'Foxes have holes, the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man hath not where to putt'?"

From Time Magazine Archive

"Gods be good, Cersei, they're my own blood! What son of man do you take me for?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin