The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:34 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:34

KJV: O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

YLT: Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, is His kindness,

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

ASV: O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 1 Chronicles 16:34 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 16:34 mean?

Oh give thanks to Yahweh for [He is] good ever His mercy [endures]
הוֹד֤וּ לַיהוָה֙ כִּ֣י ט֔וֹב לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּֽוֹ

הוֹד֤וּ  Oh  give  thanks 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
לַיהוָה֙  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
ט֔וֹב  [He  is]  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
לְעוֹלָ֖ם  ever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
חַסְדּֽוֹ  His  mercy  [endures] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.