Parallel Verses
Amplified
For we are
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors.
International Standard Version
For we are aliens and vagrants in your presence, as were all of our ancestors. Our days on the earth pass away like shadows, and we have no hope.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: as a shadow our days upon the earth, and no expectation.
King James 2000
For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For we [are] strangers before you and sojourners like all our ancestors. Our days [are] like the shadow upon earth, and there is no hope [of abiding].
Modern King James verseion
For we are strangers before You, and pilgrims, as our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and none abides.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For we be but strangers before thee and tenants, as were all our fathers. Our days on the earth is but a shadow, and there is none abiding.
NET Bible
For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
for, sojourners, are we before thee, and strangers, like all our fathers, - like a shadow, are our days upon the earth, and there is no hope.
Webster
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 no abiding.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
for sojourners we are before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow are our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
Themes
Joy » Instances of » Of david, over the offerings of the princes and people for the house of God
Life » Lessons of » Pilgrimage, a
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a shadow
Man » Days of, compared to a shadow
Pilgrims and strangers » Saints confess themselves
Pilgrims and strangers » Exemplified
Praise » Of david » At the close of his reign
public Prayer » Exemplified » David
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 29:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Prays In The Assembly
14
“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
15 For we are
Names
Cross References
Job 14:2
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Psalm 39:12
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.
Psalm 102:11
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The
Leviticus 25:23
‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me.
Psalm 90:9
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
Psalm 119:19
I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who [
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
Hebrews 11:13-16
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
James 4:14
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.