1 Chronicles 29:14 (LSB)

Passage

“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as willingly as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.

1 Chronicles 29:13 So now, our God, we are thanking You and praising Your glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:14 “But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as willingly as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are sojourners before You, and foreign residents, like all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

1 Chronicles 29:16 O Yahweh our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "people", "should", "able", "offer", "willingly", "come", and "hand". 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 "So now our God we are thanking..." into verse 15's "For we are sojourners before You 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.