1 Chronicles 29:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וְהָעֹ֤שֶׁר וְהַכָּבוֹד֙ מִלְּפָנֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּה֙ מוֹשֵׁ֣ל בַּכֹּ֔ל וּבְיָדְךָ֖ כֹּ֣חַ וּגְבוּרָ֑ה וּבְיָ֣דְךָ֔ לְגַדֵּ֥ל וּלְחַזֵּ֖ק לַכֹּֽל׃‬

Transliteration

And-the-ʿōšer and-the-kābôd from-before-you, and-you môšēl in-everything, and-in-your-yād kōaḥ and-gəbûrāh, and-in-your-yād to-gaddēl and-to-ḥazzēq for-all.

Grammar Details

• *ʿōšer*: noun, masculine singular - riches/wealth
• *kābôd*: noun, masculine singular - glory/honor
• *môšēl*: qal participle, masculine singular - ruling
• *yād*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand
• *kōaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - strength/power
• *gəbûrāh*: noun, feminine singular - might/strength
• *gaddēl*: piel infinitive construct - to make great
• *ḥazzēq*: piel infinitive construct - to strengthen

Word Meanings

• *ʿōšer*: riches/wealth/abundance
• *kābôd*: glory/honor/splendor/abundance
• *môšēl*: ruling/governing/having dominion
• *gaddēl*: to make great/to magnify/to enlarge
• *ḥazzēq*: to strengthen/to make firm/to empower

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 20:6 : 6 He prayed:“O LORD God of our ancestors, you are the God who lives in heaven and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you.
• 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.”
• 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.”
• Deut 8:18 : 18 You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.
• 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 The LORD impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts. 8 He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.
• Job 9:19 : 19 If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’
• Job 42:10 : 10 So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job.
• Ps 18:31-32 : 31 Indeed, who is God besides the LORD? Who is a protector besides our God? 32 The one true God gives me strength; he removes the obstacles in my way.
• Ps 28:8 : 8 The LORD strengthens his people; he protects and delivers his chosen king.
• Ps 29:1 : 1 A psalm of David. Acknowledge the LORD, you heavenly beings, acknowledge the LORD’s majesty and power!
• Ps 29:11 : 11 The LORD gives his people strength; the LORD grants his people security.
• Ps 62:11 : 11 God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,
• Ps 68:34-35 : 34 Acknowledge God’s power, his sovereignty over Israel, and the power he reveals in the skies! 35 You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!
• Ps 75:6-7 : 6 For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness. 7 For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.
• Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, 8 that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.
• Ps 144:1-2 : 1 By David. The LORD, my protector, deserves praise– the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war, 2 who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.
• Prov 8:18 : 18 Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness.
• Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.
• Eccl 5:19 : 19 To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.
• Isa 40:29 : 29 He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.
• Isa 43:13 : 13 From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”
• Isa 45:24 : 24 they will say about me,“Yes, the LORD is a powerful deliverer.”’” All who are angry at him will cower before him.
• Isa 46:10 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
• Dan 5:18-21 : 18 As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty. 19 Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished. 20 And when his mind became arrogant and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him. 21 He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.“For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 Then Jesus came up and said to them,“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
• Luke 1:51-53 : 51 He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts. 52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.
• John 19:11 : 11 Jesus replied,“You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
• Rom 11:35-36 : 35 Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him? 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.
• Eph 3:16 : 16 I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he will grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
• Eph 3:20 : 20 Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,
• Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
• Col 1:11 : 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
• Rev 11:17 : 17 with these words:“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.