Verse
1 Chronicles 29:14 — But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer…
“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.”
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The verses around 1 Chronicles 29:14.
12Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
13Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
16O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
Verse explanation
In David’s prayer, “who am I, and what is my people” and “our days on the earth are as a shadow” sum up a central idea: everything given for the temple already belonged to God before it was ever given, and human life is too short for anyone to take pride in their generosity.
From the 1 Chronicles 29 study in Bible in Stories.
1 Chronicles 29:14 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porque quem sou eu, e quem e o meu povo, que tivessemos poder para tão voluntariamente dar similhantes coisas? porque tudo vem de ti, e da tua mão t'o damos.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Porque quem sou eu, e quem é meu povo, para que pudéssemos oferecer de nossa vontade coisas semelhantes? Porque tudo é teu, e o que recebemos de tua mão te damos.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Pero, ¿quién soy yo y quién es mi pueblo, para que seamos capaces de dar de tan buena gana? Porque todo lo que tenemos viene de ti; sólo te devolvemos lo que tú nos has dado.
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