1 Chronicles 29:15
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
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.
16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
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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 to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Read in contextPsalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Read in contextJames 4:14
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Read in contextPsalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Read in contextJob 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:6–8
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
Read in contextHebrews 11:13–16
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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