1 Chronicles 16 · Verse 13

1 Chronicles 16:13

O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
1 Chronicles 16:13, King James Version

1 Chronicles 16:13 in other translations

BSBO offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
WEByou offspring of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
ASVO ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
YLTO seed of Israel, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
DARBYYe seed of Israel his servant, Ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
BBEO you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
WebsterO ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

What does 1 Chronicles 16:13 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 16:7-36

Let God be glorified in our praises. Let others be edified and taught, that strangers to him may be led to adore him. Let us ourselves triumph and trust in God. Those that give glory to God's name are allowed to glory in it. Let the everlasting covenant be the great matter of our joy his people of old, be remembered by us with thankfulness to him. Show forth from day to day his salvation, his promised salvation by…

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1 Chronicles 16:13 in the original Hebrew

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זֶ֚רַעZe.ra'O offspring ofH2233
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עַבְדּ֔וֹav.Doservant hisH5650
בְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiO descendants ofH1121
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
בְּחִירָֽיו\׃be.chi.Ravchosen ones hisH972

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 16:13

  • Psalms 135:4

    For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

  • Exodus 19:5-6

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • Genesis 35:10-12

    And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

  • Genesis 28:13-14

    And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye seed.
Ge 17:7; 28:13,14; 35:10-12
his chosen.
Ex 19:5,6; De 7:6; Ps 135:4; 1Pe 2:9

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 16:12

    Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

  • 1 Chronicles 16:13

    O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:14

    He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

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1 Chronicles 16:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Oh vosotros, simiente de Israel su siervo, hijos de Jacob, sus escogidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous, semence d’Israël, son serviteur, vous, fils de Jacob, ses élus.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du Same Israels, sein Knecht, ihr Söhne Jakobs, seine Auserwählten!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
semen Israël servi ejus, filii Jacob electi ejus.