1 Chronicles 29:15
13 Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
16 O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You.
17 I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
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- BSB
- For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- KJV
- For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
- WEB
- For we are strangers before you and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.
- ASV
- For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
- DARBY
- For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope [of life].
- BLB
- For we [are] sojourners before You, and pilgrims, as all our fathers. As a shadow [are] our days on the earth, and without hope.
- ÅB
- For vi er fremmede for ditt åsyn og gjester, som alle våre fedre; som en skygge er våre dager på jorden og uten håp[^1].
- OTB
- For vi er fremmede for Deg, og vandrere, som alle våre fedre var;
våre dager på jorden er som en skygge, uten visshet. - B1930
- For vi er fremmede for ditt åsyn og gjester, som alle våre fedre; som en skygge er våre dager på jorden og uten håp. / < om nogen forandring heri.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Read in contextLeviticus 25:23
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
Read in contextPsalms 102:11
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
Read in contextJames 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Read in contextPsalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
Read in contextJob 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:6–8
A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
Read in contextHebrews 11:13–16
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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