Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses the assembled Israelites immediately after blessing the Lord, declaring God’s absolute sovereignty before noting that all riches and honor originate from Him. He speaks as a king concluding his temple preparations and acknowledging divine ownership.
The words — The text attributes five qualities to יְהוָה (Yah.weh): הַגְּדֻלָּה (ha.ge.du.Lah, greatness), הַגְּבוּרָה (ha.ge.vu.Rah, strength), הַתִּפְאֶרֶת (ha.tif.'E.ret, splendor), הַנֵּצַח (ha.Ne.tzach, eminence), and הַהוֹד (ha.Hod, majesty). It grounds this claim in כֹּל (khol, everything), stating that all things in heaven and earth belong to Him.
The thread — The declaration of God’s eternal kingdom and majesty runs through 1 Timothy 1:17 and Daniel 4:34, while the motif of His glory and power sustaining creation appears in Hebrews 1:3.
Why it lands — The verse states that divine ownership precedes and encompasses all human resources and authority. It requires the reader to acknowledge that all power and provision originate from God rather than human capacity.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- 1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Daniel 4:34 But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Jude 1:25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
- Revelation 5:12 In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
- Isaiah 12:4 and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- Jeremiah 27:5 By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Psalms 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- Revelation 7:9 After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.