1 Chronicles 16:36 “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlastin…”

1 Chronicles 16:36

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

World English Bible

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, “Amen,” and praised the LORD.

American Standard Version

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for euer and euer: and let all people say, So be it, and praise the Lord.

Darby Translation

Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And all the people said, Amen! and praised Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age and unto the age;' And all the people say, 'Amen,' and have given praise to Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.

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Cross references

“Blessed”

1 Kings 8:15 1 Kings 8:56 Ephesians 1:3 1 Peter 1:3 Psalm 106:48 Psalm 72:18

1 Kings 8:15 · BSB

and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

1 Kings 8:56 · BSB

“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.

Ephesians 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

1 Peter 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Psalm 106:48 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

Psalm 72:18 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

“said”

Nehemiah 8:6 Jeremiah 28:6 1 Corinthians 14:16 Deuteronomy 27:15–26

Nehemiah 8:6 · BSB

Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Jeremiah 28:6 · BSB

“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.

1 Corinthians 14:16 · BSB

Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

Deuteronomy 27:15–26 · BSB

‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

35Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’

37So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,

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