1 Chronicles 16:30

Foundations, pillars & stability

1 Chronicles (Old Testament) · Historical narrative embedding a psalm (parallels Ps 96)

Verse & chapter context

World English Bible (verified corpus)

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What the passage explicitly says

All the earth is to tremble before God; the world is established so that it cannot be moved.

What requires interpretation

This is a liturgical psalm quoted in a historical book. The 'not be moved' idiom is used across the Psalter for both cosmos and persons.

Flat-circle interpretation

A fixed, non-moving earth under God's rule.

Globe-compatible interpretation

Same phrase as Psalm 96:10; a liturgical affirmation of divine kingship rather than a physics claim.

Original-language study

אֶרֶץ
erets · H776
Hebrew

Earth; land; the ground or a defined territory.

Brown–Driver–Briggs (BibleHub reprint)

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Questions for further study

  • Why is Psalm 96 quoted at the ark's installation?
  • How does 'tremble' cohere with 'not be moved'?
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Personal notes

Scripture text: World English Bible (public domain) — Heavens Declare verified corpus. Every verse on this page is rendered from the verified corpus already ingested into Heavens Declare — not from the discovery article.

Verse discovery: BibleStudyTools — Bible Verses About Flat Earth Secondary topical-index reference used only to seed the verse list. Not the source of Scripture text or lexical claims. Retrieved 2026-07-26.