1 Chronicles 16 · Verse 30

1 Chronicles 16:30

Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
1 Chronicles 16:30, King James Version

1 Chronicles 16:30 in other translations

BSBtremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
WEBTremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established that it can’t be moved.
ASVTremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.
YLTBe pained before Him, all the earth:
DARBYTremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established, it shall not be moved.
BBEBe in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.
WebsterFear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

What does 1 Chronicles 16:30 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 16:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חִ֤ילוּChi.lutrembleH2342
מִלְּפָנָיו֙mi.le.fa.Navfrom to before himH6440
כָּל\־kol-O allH3605
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
אַף\־'af-alsoH637
תִּכּ֥וֹןti.Konit is establishedH3559
תֵּבֵ֖לte.Vel[the] worldH8398
בַּל\־bal-notH1077
תִּמּֽוֹט\׃ti.Motit will be shakenH4131

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 16:30

  • Psalms 33:9

    For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

  • Hebrews 1:3

    Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

  • Psalms 93:1

    The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

  • Psalms 148:5-6

    Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

  • Revelation 11:15

    And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

  • Psalms 96:9

    O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

  • Jeremiah 10:12

    He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:23

    Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:25

    For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

  • Isaiah 49:8

    Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

  • Colossians 1:17

    And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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before him.
23,25; Ps 96:9; Re 11:15
stable.
Ps 33:9; 93:1; 148:5,6; Isa 49:8; Jer 10:12; Col 1:17; Heb 1:3

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 16:29

    Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:30

    Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:31

    Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.

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1 Chronicles 16:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Temed en su presencia, toda la tierra: el mundo será aún establecido, para que no se conmueva.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tremblez devant lui, toute la terre. Aussi le monde est affermi, il ne sera pas ébranlé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Erzittert vor ihm, ganze Erde! Auch steht der Erdkreis fest, er wird nicht wanken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Commoveatur a facie ejus omnis terra: ipse enim fundavit orbem immobilem.