ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

1 Chronicles 16.34

Book: 1 Chronicles · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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ASV

32. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein; 33. Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth.

34. O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

  1. And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise. 36. Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. (1 Chronicles 16:32-36, ASV)
WEB

32. Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is in it! 33. Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth.

34. Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

  1. Say, “Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.” 36. Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. (1 Chronicles 16:32-36, WEB)
KJV

32. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33. Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

34. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  1. And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. 36. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. (1 Chronicles 16:32-36, KJV)
YLT

32. Roar doth the sea, and its fulness, Exult doth the field, and all that [is] in it, 33. Then sing do trees of the forest, From the presence of Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth!

34. Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, [is] His kindness,

  1. And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us, and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To triumph in Thy praise. 36. Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age and unto the age;' And all the people say, 'Amen,' and have given praise to Jehovah. (1 Chronicles 16:32-36, YLT)

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Setting

  • Speaker: the psalm David delivered to Asaph
  • Audience: the assembly at the bringing up of the ark
  • Location: Jerusalem
  • Time period: events of David's reign, c. 1010-970 BC, narrated by a writer working after the return from Babylon, commonly placed c. 400 BC

Theological reading

The refrain that recurs more than any other in Israel's worship: Psalm 106:1, Psalm 107:1, Psalm 118:1 and 29, Psalm 136 in every verse, Jeremiah 33:11, and again at the dedication of the temple in 2 Chronicles 5:13 and 7:3, where the cloud of glory fills the house as it is sung.

Two claims are joined, and the second grounds the first. God is good, and his hesed, his covenant loyalty, endures forever. The Hebrew word is not general benevolence but committed faithfulness to an obligation freely undertaken, which is why it can be asserted as enduring rather than as merely present. For a post-exilic congregation that had watched the first temple burn, a refrain asserting the permanence of covenant loyalty was a confession with weight behind it rather than a pleasantry._

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.