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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Chronicles 16:27

In his presence are honor and majesty; in his place, strength and joy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joy;   Music;   Praise;   Psalms;   The Topic Concordance - Glory;   Happiness/joy;   Honor;   Strength;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zerubbabel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Honor;   Invocation;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Splendor and majesty are before him;strength and joy are in his place.
Hebrew Names Version
Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.
King James Version
Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
English Standard Version
Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.
New Century Version
He has glory and majesty; he has power and joy in his Temple.
New English Translation
Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy.
Amplified Bible
Splendor and majesty are [found] in His presence; Strength and joy are [found] in His place (sanctuary).
New American Standard Bible
Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.
World English Bible
Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Prayse and glory are before him: power & beautie are in his place.
Legacy Standard Bible
Splendor and majesty are before Him,Strength and joy are in His place.
Berean Standard Bible
Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.
Contemporary English Version
Give honor and praise to the Lord , whose power and beauty fill his holy temple."
Darby Translation
Majesty and splendour are before him; Strength and gladness in his place.
Easy-to-Read Version
He lives in the presence of glory and honor. His Temple is a place of power and joy.
George Lamsa Translation
Glory and majesty are in his presence; strength and greatness are in his sanctuary.
Good News Translation
Glory and majesty surround him, power and joy fill his Temple.
Lexham English Bible
Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.
Literal Translation
Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him, strength and ioye is in his place.
American Standard Version
Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.
Bible in Basic English
Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Prayse and honour are in his presence: strength and gladnesse are in his place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Honour and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place.
King James Version (1611)
Glory and honour are in his presence: strength and gladnesse are in his place.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Glory and praise are in his presence; strength and rejoicing are in his place.
English Revised Version
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and gladness are in his place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Knoulechyng and greet doyng ben bifor hym; strengthe and ioy ben in the place of hym.
Update Bible Version
Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.
Webster's Bible Translation
Glory and honor [are] in his presence; strength and gladness [are] in his place.
New King James Version
Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and gladness are in His place.
New Living Translation
Honor and majesty surround him; strength and joy fill his dwelling.
New Life Bible
Honor and great power are with Him. Strength and joy are in His place.
New Revised Standard
Honor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Praise and majesty, are before him, Strength and joy, are in his dwelling-place.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Praise and magnificence are before him: strength and joy in his place.
Revised Standard Version
Honor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.
Young's Literal Translation
Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and joy [are] in His place.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.

Contextual Overview

7 It was on that same day that David first ordered that thanks be given to Adonai through Asaf and his kinsmen: 8 Give thanks to Adonai ! Call on his name! Make his deeds known among the peoples. 9 Sing to him, sing praises to him! Talk about all his wonders. 10 Glory in his holy name; let those seeking Adonai have joyful hearts. 11 Seek Adonai and his strength; always seek his presence. 12 Remember the wonders he has done, his signs and his spoken judgments. 13 You descendants of Isra'el his servant, you offspring of Ya‘akov, his chosen ones: 14 he is Adonai our God, His judgments are everywhere on earth. 15 Remember his covenant forever, the word he commanded to a thousand generations, 16 the covenant he made with Avraham; the oath he swore to Yitz'chak

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Glory: Psalms 8:1, Psalms 16:11, Psalms 63:2, Psalms 63:3, John 17:24

strength: Psalms 27:4-6, Psalms 28:7, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 43:2-4

place: Psalms 96:6

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a service out of which grew the more elaborate service of the temple. The language of much of the passage is remarkably archaic, and there can be no reasonable doubt that it is in the main an extract from a record of the time of David.

1 Chronicles 16:5

The occurrence of the name “Jeiel” twice in this list is considered suspicious. Hence, the first “Jeiel” is thought to be a corrupt reading for “Aziel” 1 Chronicles 15:20, or “Jaaziel” 1 Chronicles 15:18.

1 Chronicles 16:8

The Psalm here put before us by the Chronicler, as sung liturgically by Asaph and his brethren on the day of the ark’s entrance into Jerusalem, accords closely with the passages in the present Book of Psalms noted in the marg reff.

It is, apparently, a thanksgiving service composed for the occasion out of Psalms previously existing.

1 Chronicles 16:39

This is the first mention that we have of Gibeon as the place at which the tabernacle of the congregation now rested. Previously it had been at Nob 1 Samuel 21:1-6, from where it was removed probably at the time of the slaughter of the priests by Doeg 1 Samuel 22:18-19. It is uncertain whether Gibeon was regarded as a “high place” before the transfer to it of the tabernacle: hut thenceforth, until the completion of Solomon’s Temple, it was the “great high place” 1 Kings 3:4 - a second center of the national worship which for above 50 years was divided between Gibeon and Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 16:40

Upon the altar of the burnt offering - The original altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:1-8 continued at Gibeon with the tabernacle 2 Chronicles 1:3, 2 Chronicles 1:5. David must have erected a new altar for sacrifice at Jerusalem 1 Chronicles 16:1. The sacrifices commanded by the Law were, it appears, offered at the former place; at the latter were offered voluntary additional sacrifices.

1 Chronicles 16:41

The rest ... - Rather, “the rest of the chosen ones, who were mentioned by name.” The “chosen ones” were “mentioned by name” in 1 Chronicles 15:17-24. A portion of them, namely, those named in 1 Chronicles 16:5-6, conducted the service in Jerusalem; the remainder were employed in the worship at Gibeon.


 
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