What Does 1 Chronicles 16:23 Mean in the King James?
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
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
Deliverance is not a private, finished event here; it is good news carried from day to day and sung across the whole earth.
THE MEANING
The whole earth is called into song, and the LORD’s deliverance is announced day after day. This verse makes deliverance a living reality spoken into the open, moving from constriction toward spaciousness.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It dissolves the belief that deliverance belongs only to a private moment in the past: here it is proclaimed anew, from day to day.
THE ROOT
יְשׁוּעָתוֹ
yeshuato
GROWS FROM
ישע
Deliver, rescue, bring out of danger and constriction.
“salvation” in this verse is yeshuato. The verse’s יְשׁוּעָתוֹ (yeshuato, his deliverance) belongs to the root יָשַׁע (yasha, to deliver). That word family carries movement out of the narrow and into room; the verse makes that deliverance something the whole earth can sing about.
ALSO GROWS
yeshuah: Deliverance, rescue.
יְשׁוּעָה
This is the noun beneath the verse’s “his salvation,” showing the word as an act of being brought out.
Yeshua: A name from the same deliverance word family.
יֵשׁוּעַ
The name carries the nature of deliverance, giving the verse’s proclaimed reality a personal form.
בַּשְּׂרוּ
basru
GROWS FROM
בשר
Announce, herald news.
English “shew forth” can sound like simply displaying something; בַּשְּׂרוּ (basru, announce) makes the action a proclamation. The deliverance is news carried outward and repeated from one day to the next.
ALSO GROWS
besorah: Good news, a welcome announcement.
בְּשׂוֹרָה
It shows that the daily telling is news of deliverance, not merely a display.
mevaser: A herald or bearer of news.
מְבַשֵּׂר
This branch gives the announcement a voice that carries the news beyond itself.
THE PATTERN
Deliverance is proclaimed publicly through song and announcement, widening from one voice to many.
Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.THE THREAD
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.This verse uses the same Hebrew word family, יְשׁוּעָה (yeshuah, deliverance). It names the LORD as strength and song, opening the current verse’s proclamation further: deliverance itself becomes something sung.
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