1 Chronicles 16 · Verse 8

1 Chronicles 16:8

Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
1 Chronicles 16:8, King James Version

1 Chronicles 16:8 in other translations

BSB“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
WEBOh give thanks to the LORD. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.
ASVO give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples.
YLTGive thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings.
DARBYGive thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his acts among the peoples.
BBEO give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
WebsterGive thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

What does 1 Chronicles 16:8 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 16:8 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.

הוֹד֤וּho.Dugive thanksH3034
לַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
קִרְא֣וּkir.'UproclaimH7121
בִשְׁמ֔וֹvish.Mo<in> name hisH8034
הוֹדִ֥יעוּho.Di.'umake knownH3045
בָעַמִּ֖יםva.'a.Mimamong the peoplesH5971
עֲלִילֹתָֽיו\׃'a.li.lo.Tavdeeds hisH5949

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 16:8

  • Psalms 105:1-15

    O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. …

  • Isaiah 12:4

    And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.

  • 2 Kings 19:19

    Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.

  • Psalms 145:5-6

    I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:8-22

    Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. …

  • 1 Corinthians 1:2

    Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

  • 1 Chronicles 16:34

    O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • 1 Kings 8:43

    Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

  • Psalms 67:2-4

    That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

  • Psalms 78:3-6

    Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

  • Acts 9:14

    And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Give thanks.This beautiful hymn, to the 22nd verse, is nearly the same as Ps 105:1-15; from the 23rd to the 33rd it accords with Ps 96; and the conclusion agrees with Ps 106, with the addition of ver. 34-36.
Ps 105:1-15
call.
Isa 12:4; Ac 9:14; 1Co 1:2
make.
1Ki 8:43; 2Ki 19:19; Ps 67:2-4; 78:3-6; 145:5,6

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 16:7

    Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:8

    Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:9

    Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

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1 Chronicles 16:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Confesad á Jehová, invocad su nombre, haced notorias en los pueblos sus obras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Célébrez l’ Éternel, invoquez son nom, faites connaître parmi les peuples ses actes!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Preiset Jehova, rufet seinen Namen an, machet kund unter den Völkern seine Taten!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Confitemini Domino, et invocate nomen ejus: notas facite in populis adinventiones ejus.