1 Chronicles 29:16
O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
1 Chronicles 29:16 in other translations
| BSB | O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You. |
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| WEB | LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and is all your own. |
| ASV | O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own. |
| YLT | ‘O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, is out of Thy hand, and of Thee is the whole. |
| DARBY | Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house to thy holy name, is of thy hand, and is all thine own. |
| BBE | O Lord our God, all this store, which we have made ready for the building of a house for your holy name, comes from your hand and is yours. |
| Webster | O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh from thy hand, and is all thy own. |
What does 1 Chronicles 29:16 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…
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…
1 Chronicles 29:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 29:16
- 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.
- Psalms 24:1
A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Luke 19:16
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
- Hosea 2:8
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
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Context
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 29:16
O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
1 Chronicles 29:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Oh Jehová Dios nuestro, toda esta abundancia que hemos aprestado para edificar casa á tu santo nombre, de tu mano es, y todo es tuyo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Éternel, notre Dieu, toute cette abondance que nous avons préparée afin de te bâtir une maison pour ton saint nom, est de ta main, et tout est à toi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova, unser Gott, alle diese Menge, die wir bereitet haben, um dir ein Haus zu bauen für deinen heiligen Namen, von deiner Hand ist sie, und das alles ist dein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Domine Deus noster, omnis hæc copia quam paravimus ut ædificaretur domus nomini sancto tuo, de manu tua est, et tua sunt omnia. |