1 Chronicles 29:12 (ASV)

Passage

Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:10 Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is thine]; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.

1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:14 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "both", "riches", "honor", "come", "thee", "thou", "rulest", and "over". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "both" and "riches", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Thine O Jehovah is the greatness and..." into verse 13's "Now therefore our God we thank thee...", so "both" and "riches" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "both" and "riches" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.