1 Chronicles 29:14 (DRB)

Passage

Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise thee all these things? all things are thine: and we have given thee what we received of thy hand.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:12 Thine are riches, and thine is glory, thou hast dominion over all, in thy hand is power and might: in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things.

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

1 Chronicles 29:14 Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise thee all these things? all things are thine: and we have given thee what we received of thy hand.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were all our fathers. I Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no stay.

1 Chronicles 29:16 O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name, is from thy hand, and all things are thine.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "people", "should", "able", "promise", "thee", and "thine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Now therefore our God we give thanks..." into verse 15's "For we are sojourners before thee and...", so "all things" and "people" 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 "all things" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.