1 Chronicles 29:15
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"For we are sojournersגֵרִ֨ים
(ge·rim)
1616: a sojournerfrom gur
beforeלְפָנֶ֛יךָ
(le·fa·nei·cha)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
You, and tenants,וְתֹושָׁבִ֖ים
(ve·to·v·sha·vim)
8453: a sojournerfrom yashab
as allכְּכָל־
(ke·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
our fathersאֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ
(a·vo·tei·nu;)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
were; our daysיָמֵ֛ינוּ
(ya·mei·nu)
3117: daya prim. root
on the earthהָאָ֖רֶץ
(ha·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
are like a shadow,כַּצֵּ֧ל
(ka·tzel)
6738: a shadowfrom tsalal
and there is noוְאֵ֥ין
(ve·'ein)
369: nothing, noughta prim. root
hope.מִקְוֶֽה׃
(mik·veh.)
4723a: a hopefrom qavah


















KJV Lexicon
For we are strangers
ger  (gare)
a guest; by implication, a foreigner -- alien, sojourner, stranger.
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
thee and sojourners
towshab  (to-shawb')
resident alien -- foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.
as were all our fathers
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
our days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
on the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
are as a shadow
tsel  (tsale)
shade, whether literal or figurative -- defence, shade(-ow).
and there is none abiding
miqveh  (mik-veh')
something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

King James Bible
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 Christian Standard Bible
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

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.

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
To you we are all like our ancestors- foreigners without permanent homes. Our days are as fleeting as shadows on the ground. There's no hope [for them].

King James 2000 Bible
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.
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