What Does 1 Chronicles 16:14 Mean in the King James?
He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word translated “judgments” grows from a root of judging and governing, placing God’s discernment throughout the earth, not only in a final courtroom.
THE MEANING
The LORD our God is present as judge across the whole earth. His judgments reach into the world as it is now, bringing all of it within his discernment.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that God’s judgment is only a future sentence or a private condemnation: the verse places his judgments throughout the earth.
THE ROOT
מִשְׁפָּטָיו
mishpatav
GROWS FROM
שפט
To judge, govern, or render a decision.
Mishpatav, “his judgments,” comes from shaphat, the root of judging and governing. The related word shofet names a judge or ruler, linking the judgments to the one who judges: God’s discernment is woven through the earth, not confined to a distant verdict.
ALSO GROWS
mishpat: Judgment, ruling, or justice.
מִשְׁפָּט
This is the singular form behind “his judgments,” showing that the verse speaks of rulings that shape how the earth is governed.
shofet: Judge or ruler.
שֹׁפֵט
This branch names the one who judges, connecting the earth-wide judgments to the LORD’s active rule.
THE PATTERN
God’s judgment reaches through the earth, making his discernment present in both the world’s order and its hidden places.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.THE THREAD
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.“Judge” here is shofet, from the same שפט root as “judgments” in 1 Chronicles 16:14. The shared root opens the verse’s claim: the LORD’s judgments throughout the earth express the nature of the one who judges.
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