1 Chronicles 16:30
in 1 Chronicles 16tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
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ASV
Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.
KJV
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd again, in another prophecy, the Spirit of prophecy, through the same David, intimated that Christ, after He had been crucified, should reign, and spoke as follows: "Sing to the Lord, all the earth, and day by day declare His salvation. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, to be feared above all the gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols of devils; but God made the heavens. Glory and praise are before His face, strength and glorying are in the habitation of His holiness. Give Glory to the Lord, the Father everlasting.
This site's exposition
tremble before Him, all the earth
on 1 Chronicles 16:30-31
Verse 31 gives the nations their shout, that the LORD reigns. That declaration opens Ps 93, 97 and 99, a formula this psalm shares with the Psalter's kingship songs. Adam Clarke notes that the Targum renders “the heavens” as the supreme angels, a reading kept in the Aramaic tradition.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Let us be ourselves encouraged to triumph and trust in God. Those that give glory to God's name are allowed to glory in it (
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Let the prospect of the judgment to come inspire us with an awful pleasure, Let earth and sea, fields and woods, though in the great day of the Lord they will all be consumed, yet rejoice that he will come, doth come, to judge the earth,
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חִ֤ילוּ | chilu | tremble | H2342 → | |
| מִלְּפָנָיו֙ | milefanav | from to before him | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | O all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אַף־ | ʾaf- | also | H637 → | 134 times |
| תִּכּ֥וֹן | tikon | it is established | H3559 → | 217 times |
| תֵּבֵ֖ל | tevel | [the] world | H8398 → | |
| בַּל־ | bal- | not | H1077 → | |
| תִּמּֽוֹט׃ | timot | it will be shaken | H4131 → |
חִ֤ילוּtremble
chiluH2342 →
מִלְּפָנָיו֙from to before him
milefanavH6440 →2123 times
כָּל־O all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אַף־also
ʾaf-H637 →134 times
תִּכּ֥וֹןit is established
tikonH3559 →217 times
תֵּבֵ֖ל[the] world
tevelH8398 →
בַּל־not
bal-H1077 →
תִּמּֽוֹט׃it will be shaken
timotH4131 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
it leads to
- Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Colossians 1:15–17
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- John 14:9–10
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the…
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Revelation 4:11
Through
Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:14
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
- Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our…
- Daniel 7:14
Through
Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
it leads to
- Genesis 1:3
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- Genesis 1:3
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies2
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Justin Martyr, The First Apology, Chapters XLI-XLII; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.