The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:30 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:30

KJV: Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

YLT: Be pained before Him, all the earth:

Darby: Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established, it shall not be moved.

ASV: Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Fear  before  him, all the earth:  the world  also shall be stable,  that it be not moved. 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:30 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 16:30 mean?

Tremble before Him all the earth also is firmly established the world not it shall be moved
חִ֤ילוּ מִלְּפָנָיו֙ כָּל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ אַף־ תִּכּ֥וֹן תֵּבֵ֖ל בַּל־ תִּמּֽוֹט

חִ֤ילוּ  Tremble 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: חוּל 
Sense: to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained.
מִלְּפָנָיו֙  before  Him 
Parse: Preposition-m, Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הָאָ֔רֶץ  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
אַף־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
תִּכּ֥וֹן  is  firmly  established 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
תֵּבֵ֖ל  the  world 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֵּבֵל  
Sense: world.
תִּמּֽוֹט  it  shall  be  moved 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: מֹוט  
Sense: to totter, shake, slip.