1 Chronicles 29:15

In your eyes we are strangers and foreigners, just like our forefathers. Our time here on earth passes like a shadow, we have no hope of staying here long.

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In The 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.

In Context

14But who am I, and who are my people, that we are able to give as willingly as this? For everything we have comes from you—we are only giving back what you have given us.

16Lord our God, even all this wealth that we have provided to build you a house for your holy name comes from what you give, and it all belongs to you.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:34Abraham lived in the country of the Philistines for a long time.

Genesis 47:9“I have been wandering for 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My life has been short and difficult—I have not lived as long as my forefathers who also wandered from place to place.”

Job 8:9Our days on earth fade as quickly as a passing shadow.

Job 14:10But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?

Psalms 39:13Please leave me alone so I can be cheerful again, before I am dead and gone.

Psalms 102:11My life is fading away like a shadow that lengthens—I'm withering away like grass.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 29:11-23

David's Prayer to God; Sacrifices Offered. ( b. c. 1015.) 10 Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11 Thine, O Lord , is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord , and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine… Read the whole commentary →

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