The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:21 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:21

KJV: He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

YLT: He hath not suffered any to oppress them, And reproveth on their account kings:

Darby: He suffered no man to oppress them, And reproved kings for their sakes,

ASV: He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He suffered  no man  to do them wrong:  yea, he reproved  kings  for their sakes, 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 16

1  David's festival sacrifice
4  He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7  The psalm of thanksgiving
37  He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 16:21 mean?

No He permitted man to do them wrong and Yes He rebuked for their sakes kings
לֹא־ הִנִּ֤יחַ לְאִישׁ֙ לְעָשְׁקָ֔ם וַיּ֥וֹכַח עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מְלָכִֽים

לֹא־  No 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
הִנִּ֤יחַ  He  permitted 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מֻנָּח  
Sense: to rest.
לְאִישׁ֙  man 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
לְעָשְׁקָ֔ם  to  do  them  wrong 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָשַׁק  
Sense: to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort.
וַיּ֥וֹכַח  and  Yes  He  rebuked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָכַח  
Sense: to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right.
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם  for  their  sakes 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מְלָכִֽים  kings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.