1 Chronicles 29 · Verse 14

1 Chronicles 29:14

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
1 Chronicles 29:14, King James Version

1 Chronicles 29:14 in other translations

BSBBut who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
WEBBut who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.
ASVBut who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
YLTyea, because, who am I, and who are my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee is the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee;
DARBYBut who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer willingly after this manner? for all is of thee, and of that which is from thy hand have we given thee.
BBEBut who am I and what is my people, that we have power to give so freely in this way? for all things come from you, and what we have given you is yours.
WebsterBut who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come from thee, and of thy own have we given thee.

What does 1 Chronicles 29:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 29:10-19

10-19. Wherefore David blessed the Lord--This beautiful thanksgiving prayer was the effusion overflowing with gratitude and delight at seeing the warm and widespread interest that was now taken in forwarding the favorite project of his life. Its piety is displayed in the fervor of devotional feeling--in the ascription of all worldly wealth and greatness to God as the giver, in tracing the general readiness in…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Of thine own have we given thee - "For from thy presence all good comes, and of the blessings of thy hands have we given thee." - Targum.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 29:10-19

We cannot form a right idea of the magnificence of the temple, and the buildings around it, about which such quantities of gold and silver were employed. But the unsearchable riches of Christ exceed the splendour of the temple, infinitely more than that surpassed the meanest cottage on earth. Instead of boasting of these large oblations, David gave solemn thanks to the Lord. All they gave for the Lord's temple was…

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1 Chronicles 29:14 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.

וְכִ֨יve.Khiand thatH3588
מִ֤יmiwho?H4310
אֲנִי֙'a.Ni[am] IH589
וּמִ֣יu.Miand who?H4310
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mi[is] people myH5971
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
נַעְצֹ֣רna'.Tzorwe will retainH6113
כֹּ֔חַKo.achstrengthH3581
לְהִתְנַדֵּ֖בle.hit.na.Devto make a contributionH5068
כָּזֹ֑אתka.Zotlike thisH2063
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
מִמְּךָ֣mi.me.Kha[is] from youH4480
הַכֹּ֔לha.Kol<the> everythingH3605
וּמִיָּדְךָ֖u.mi.ya.de.Khaand from hand yourH3027
נָתַ֥נּוּna.Ta.nuwe have givenH5414
לָֽךְ\׃Lakhto you

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 29:14

  • James 1:17

    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:5

    Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

  • Romans 11:36

    For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:9-11

    And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

  • Psalms 50:10-12

    For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

  • Psalms 115:1

    Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.

  • Genesis 32:10

    I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:9

    Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

  • Philippians 2:13

    For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:9-10

    For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  • Genesis 28:22

    And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

  • 2 Samuel 7:18

    Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
who am I.
Ge 32:10; 2Sa 7:18; Da 4:30; 1Co 15:9,10; 2Co 3:5; 12:9-11
that we should.
Ps 115:1; Re 4:10
be able. Heb. retain, or obtain strength. willingly.
9; Php 2:13; Jas 1:17
all things.
Ge 28:22; Ps 50:10-12; Ro 11:36; 1Co 16:2
of thine own. Heb. of thine hand.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 29:13

    Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:14

    But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:15

    For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

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1 Chronicles 29:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque ¿quién soy yo, y quién es mi pueblo, para que pudiésemos ofrecer de nuestra voluntad cosas semejantes? porque todo es tuyo, y lo recibido de tu mano te damos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et qui suis-je, et qui est mon peuple, que nous ayons le pouvoir d’offrir ainsi volontairement? car tout vient de toi; et ce qui vient de ta main, nous te le donnons.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn wer bin ich, und was ist mein Volk, daß wir vermöchten, auf solche Weise freigebig zu sein? Denn von dir kommt alles, und aus deiner Hand haben wir dir gegeben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quis ego, et quis populus meus, ut possimus hæc tibi universa promittere? Tua sunt omnia: et quæ de manu tua accepimus, dedimus tibi.