1 Chronicles 29:12 (GNV)

Passage

Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hande it is to make great, and to giue strength vnto all.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:10 Therefore Dauid blessed the Lord before all the Congregation, and Dauid sayde, Blessed be thou, O Lord God, of Israel our father, for euer and euer.

1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O Lord, is greatnesse and power, and glory, and victorie and praise: for all that is in heauen and in earth is thine: thine is the kingdome, O Lord, and thou excellest as head ouer all.

1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hande it is to make great, and to giue strength vnto all.

1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore our God, we thanke thee, and prayse thy glorious Name.

1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we shoulde be able to offer willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee: and of thine owne hand we haue giuen thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "both", "riches", "honour", "come", "thee", "thou", "reignest", and "ouer". 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 Lord is greatnesse and power..." into verse 13's "Now therefore our God we thanke 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.