1 Chronicles 16:34

THE MESSAGE

Give thanks to God —he is good and his love never quits. Say, "Save us, Savior God, round us up and get us out of these godless places, So we can give thanks to your holy Name, and bask in your life of praise." Blessed be God , the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Then everybody said, "Yes! Amen!" and "Praise God !"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;his faithful love endures forever.

Hebrew Names Version
Oh give thanks to the LORD; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endures forever.

King James Version
O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

English Standard Version
Oh give thanks to the Lord , for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

New Century Version
Thank the Lord because he is good. His love continues forever.

New English Translation
Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good and his loyal love endures.

Amplified Bible
O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness endures forever.

New American Standard Bible
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His faithfulness is everlasting.

World English Bible
Oh give thanks to Yahweh; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endures forever.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Prayse the Lorde, for hee is good, for his mercie endureth for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Berean Standard Bible
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Contemporary English Version
Praise the Lord because he is good to us, and his love never fails.

Complete Jewish Bible
Give thanks to Adonai ; for he is good, for his grace continues forever.

Darby Translation
Give thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good; For his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

Easy-to-Read Version
Give thanks to the Lord because he is good. His faithful love will last forever.

George Lamsa Translation
Say also, O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.

Good News Translation
Give thanks to the Lord , because he is good; his love is eternal.

Lexham English Bible
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; his loyal love is everlasting.

Literal Translation
Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for euer.

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

Bible in Basic English
O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O geue thankes vnto the Lorde, for he is good, for his mercie endureth euer:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.

King James Version (1611)
O giue thanks vnto the Lord, for hee is good: for his mercy endureth for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Give thanks to the Lord, for it is good, for his mercy is for ever.

English Revised Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Knouleche ye to the Lord, for he is good; for his mersi is withouten ende.

Update Bible Version
O give thanks to Yahweh; for he is good; For his loving-kindness [endures] forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
O give thanks to the LORD; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

New King James Version
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!For His mercy endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34 with Psalms 106:1 ">[fn]

New Living Translation
Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

New Life Bible
O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever.

New Revised Standard
O give thanks to the Lord , for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Give ye thanks unto Yahweh, For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Revised Standard Version
O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

Young's Literal Translation
Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, [is] His kindness,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Contextual Overview

⁷ That was the day that David inaugurated regular worship of praise to God , led by Asaph and his company. ⁸Thank God ! Call out his Name! Tell the whole world who he is and what he's done! Sing to him! Play songs for him! Broadcast all his wonders! Revel in his holy Name, God -seekers, be jubilant! Study God and his strength, seek his presence day and night; Remember all the wonders he performed, the miracles and judgments that came out of his mouth. Seed of Israel his servant! Children of Jacob, his first choice! He is God , our God; wherever you go you come on his judgments and decisions. He keeps his commitments across thousands of generations, the covenant he commanded, The same one he made with Abraham, the very one he swore to Isaac; He posted it in big block letters to Jacob, this eternal covenant with Israel: "I give you the land of Canaan, this is your inheritance; Even though you're not much to look at, a few straggling strangers." ²⁰They wandered from country to country, camped out in one kingdom after another; But he didn't let anyone push them around, he stood up for them against bully-kings: "Don't you dare touch my anointed ones, don't lay a hand on my prophets." ²³Sing to God , everyone and everything! Get out his salvation news every day! Publish his glory among the godless nations, his wonders to all races and religions. And why? Because God is great—well worth praising! No god or goddess comes close in honor. All the popular gods are stuff and nonsense, but God made the cosmos! Splendor and majesty flow out of him, strength and joy fill his place. ²⁸Shout Bravo! to God , families of the peoples, in awe of the Glory, in awe of the Strength: Bravo! Shout Bravo! to his famous Name, lift high an offering and enter his presence! Stand resplendent in his robes of holiness! ³⁰God is serious business, take him seriously; he's put the earth in place and it's not moving. So let Heaven rejoice, let Earth be jubilant, and pass the word among the nations, " God reigns!" Let Ocean, all teeming with life, bellow, let Field and all its creatures shake the rafters; Then the trees in the forest will add their applause to all who are pleased and present before God —he's on his way to set things right! ³⁴Give thanks to God —he is good and his love never quits. Say, "Save us, Savior God, round us up and get us out of these godless places, So we can give thanks to your holy Name, and bask in your life of praise." Blessed be God , the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Then everybody said, "Yes! Amen!" and "Praise God !"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

give thanks: 2 Chronicles 5:13, 2 Chronicles 7:3, Ezra 3:11, Psalms 106:1, Psalms 107:1, Psalms 118:1, Psalms 136:1-26, Jeremiah 33:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:16 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 16:8 - Give thanks 1 Chronicles 16:41 - to give 2 Chronicles 7:6 - because his mercy 2 Chronicles 20:21 - Praise the Lord Nahum 1:7 - Lord

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.