Some commentators1,2,3 are of the opinion that the name son of man
refers to the title Son of Man
from the Gospels. This is, however, incorrect; son of man
is synonymous with man
in the first line in the quotation; in the Gospels the title Son of Man
includes the article, while it is missing here (although not shown in most translations).4
6 It has been testified somewhere, “What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him?