The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:11 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:11

KJV: Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

YLT: Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

Darby: Seek Jehovah and his strength, Seek his face continually;

ASV: Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Seek  the LORD  and his strength,  seek  his face  continually. 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 16

1  David's festival sacrifice
4  He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7  The psalm of thanksgiving
37  He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 16:11 mean?

Seek Yahweh and His strength Seek His face evermore
דִּרְשׁ֤וּ יְהוָה֙ וְעֻזּ֔וֹ בַּקְּשׁ֥וּ פָנָ֖יו תָּמִֽיד

דִּרְשׁ֤וּ  Seek 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: דַּרְיׄושׁ 
Sense: to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require.
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וְעֻזּ֔וֹ  and  His  strength 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹז  
Sense: might, strength.
בַּקְּשׁ֥וּ  Seek 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: בָּקַשׁ  
Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
פָנָ֖יו  His  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
תָּמִֽיד  evermore 
Parse: Adverb
Root: תָּמִיד  
Sense: continuity, perpetuity, to stretch.