1 Chronicles 29:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, <FI>is<Fi> out of Thy hand, and of Thee <FI>is<Fi> the whole.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Chronicles 29:16 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:14But 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.
  2. 2 Chronicles 31:10and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
  3. Psalms 24:1The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
  4. Hosea 2:8For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.
  5. Luke 19:16The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

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