1 Chronicles 29:17
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.
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
18 O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
19 And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
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- BSB
- I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- I know also, my God, that you try the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.
- ASV
- I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
- DARBY
- And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee.
- BLB
- And I know, my God, that You examine the heart, and in uprightness You are pleased. I, in the uprightness of my heart, I have offered freely all these [things]; and now Your people found here I have seen with joy to offer freely to You.
- ÅB
- Jeg vet, min Gud, at du ransaker hjerter og har behag i oppriktighet; av et oppriktig hjerte har jeg villig gitt deg alt dette, og med glede har jeg nå sett hvordan ditt folk som står her, frivillig har gitt deg sine gaver.
- OTB
- Siden jeg vet, min Gud, at Du prøver hjertet og har behag i oppriktighet,
har jeg, i hjertets integritet, villig gitt alle disse tingene;
så nå med glede har jeg sett Ditt folk, som er til stede her, gi sine offer villig til Deg. - B1930
- Jeg vet, min Gud, at du ransaker hjerter og har behag i opriktighet; av et opriktig hjerte har jeg villig gitt dig alt dette, og med glede har jeg nu sett hvorledes ditt folk som står her, frivillig har gitt dig sine gaver.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Read in contextProverbs 11:20
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
Read in context1 Chronicles 28:9
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Read in contextPhilemon 1:7
I take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
Read in contextJohn 1:47
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
Read in context1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:12
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
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