1 Chronicles 16:31 (GNV)

Passage

Let the heauens reioyce, and let the earth be glad, and let them say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 16:29 Giue vnto the Lord ye glory of his Name: bring an offring and come before him, and worship the Lord in the glorious Sanctuarie.

1 Chronicles 16:30 Tremble ye before him, al the earth: surely the world shalbe stable and not moue.

1 Chronicles 16:31 Let the heauens reioyce, and let the earth be glad, and let them say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.

1 Chronicles 16:32 Let the sea roare, and all that therein is: Let the field be ioyfull and all that is in it.

1 Chronicles 16:33 Let the trees of the wood then reioyce at the presence of the Lord: for he commeth to iudge the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heauens", "reioyce", "earth", "glad", "nations", "lord", and "reigneth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heauens" and "reioyce", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "Tremble ye before him al the earth..." into verse 32's "Let the sea roare and all that...", so "heauens" and "reioyce" 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 "heauens" and "reioyce" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.