Verse Lens · Context pointer
1 Chronicles 16:30 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 30. 30Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
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Role in This Section
Summons all earth to reverence and stability before God.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 16:23–16:36
Summons all earth to reverence and stability before God. Read 1 Chronicles 16:30 within 16:23–16:36. The complete unit records: The song widens to all nations and creation, contrasts idols with the Creator, calls for worship, announces divine reign and judgment, seeks gathering, and ends with communal Amen.
Why It Needs Context
Summons all earth to reverence and stability before God. Its responsible force depends on 16:23–16:36; isolated from “All earth is summoned to praise the Creator and judge,” the supporting action, name, number, object, quotation, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Chronicles 16:23–16:36 — All earth is summoned to praise the Creator and judgeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 16:23–16:36, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 16:23–16:36
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