The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:26 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:26

KJV: For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

YLT: For all gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah the heavens hath made.

Darby: For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.

ASV: For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For all the gods  of the people  [are] idols:  but the LORD  made  the heavens. 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:26 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 16:26 mean?

For all the gods of the peoples [are] idols but Yahweh the heavens made
כִּ֠י כָּל־ אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָעַמִּים֙ אֱלִילִ֔ים וַיהוָ֖ה שָׁמַ֥יִם עָשָֽׂה

אֱלֹהֵ֤י  the  gods 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
הָעַמִּים֙  of  the  peoples 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
אֱלִילִ֔ים  [are]  idols 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלִיל  
Sense: of nought, good for nothing, worthless.
וַיהוָ֖ה  but  Yahweh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
שָׁמַ֥יִם  the  heavens 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
עָשָֽׂה  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.