What Does 1 Chronicles 29:30 Mean in the King James?

With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

1 Chronicles 29:30 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

Time does not simply surround a reign; it passes over the ruler, the people, and every kingdom.

THE MEANING

Your authority and strength unfold inside times that pass over you. The same movement passes over your people and every kingdom, placing private life and public power within change.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The belief that holding power or strength means you can stand outside change.

THE ROOT

עָבְרוּ

ʿāverū

GROWS FROM

עבר

to cross over, pass over, or pass through

“went over” in this verse is ʿāverū. The verse makes time itself an actor: the times cross over the ruler, Israel, and the kingdoms. The root places every reign within passage; no ruler stands above the movement of time.

ALSO GROWS

ʿāvar: Cross, pass over, or pass through

עָבַר

This is the verb used for the times moving over the ruler and the kingdoms.

maʿavār: A passage, crossing, or place of crossing

מַעֲבָר

This branch makes the verse’s image tangible: time carries ruler and kingdom through a passage they do not control.

מַלְכוּתוֹ

malkhuto

GROWS FROM

מלך

to reign or be king

“reign / kingdoms” in this verse is malkhuto. The verse uses the same root family for the ruler’s reign and the many kingdoms. It widens the frame from one person’s rule to every expression of kingship, all held within passing time.

ALSO GROWS

melekh: A king or ruler

מֶלֶךְ

The king is the person whose reign is being measured against the times that pass over him.

mālaḵ: To reign or rule as king

מָלַךְ

This verb shares the seed of both the ruler’s reign and the kingdoms named in the verse.

mamlāḵāh: A kingdom or realm of rule

מַמְלָכָה

This branch shows that the verse’s sweep reaches every realm built around kingship.

THE PATTERN

Every human authority and generation moves through time’s changing seasons; no reign is outside that passage.

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

Daniel 2:21 · KJVTimes and seasons shift as kings are removed and raised, placing every reign within a movement larger than itself.

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Ecclesiastes 1:4 · KJVOne generation gives way to another, showing the passage of time moving through human life.

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

1 Peter 1:24 · KJVEven human glory occupies a passing season, like a flower that withers and falls.

THE THREAD

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Psalm 90:4 · KJV

The Hebrew word translated “is past” shares the root ⁨עבר⁩ (ʿāvar, to pass over) with “went over” in this verse. Both images place human measures of time inside a crossing that carries rulers, kingdoms, and even a thousand years beyond their grasp.

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