1 Chronicles 29:14
12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
13 Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
But 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.
15 For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
16 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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- BSB
- But 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- But 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.
- BLB
- But who [am] I, and who [are] my people, that we should retain power like this to offer freely? For from You [are] all things, and from Your hand we have given to You.
- ÅB
- For hvem er vel jeg, og hva er mitt folk, at vi skulle være i stand til å gi en frivillig gave som denne. Fra deg kommer det alt sammen, og av det som din hånd har gitt oss, har vi gitt deg.
- OTB
- Men hvem er jeg, og hvem er mitt folk,
at vi skulle være i stand til å gi så generøst som dette?
For alt kommer fra Deg,
og fra Din hånd har vi gitt til Deg. - B1930
- For hvem er vel jeg, og hvad er mitt folk, at vi skulde være i stand til å gi en frivillig gave som denne. Fra dig kommer det alt sammen, og av det som din hånd har gitt oss, har vi gitt dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Read in context2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
Read in contextRomans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:9–11
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Read in contextPsalms 50:10–12
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
Read in contextPsalms 115:1
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
Read in contextGenesis 32:10
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:9
And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
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