1 Chronicles 29:15

Translations

Modern

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Traditional

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.

Literal

For we are sojourners before You, and pilgrims, as all our fathers. As a shadow are our days on the earth, and without hope.

Latin

Peregrini enim sumus coram te, et advenæ, sicut omnes patres nostri. Dies nostri quasi umbra super terram, et nulla est mora.

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English

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Notes

1 Chronicles 29:10–19

David’s prayer of praise ended his speeches at Solomon’s coronation. The prayer praises God’s power and the glory of his kingdom, and it dedicates the offerings for building the temple. The prayer has three parts:

The doxology (1 Chronicles 29:10b–13)
The presentation and dedication of the offerings (1 Chronicles 29:14–17)
The petition (1 Chronicles 29:18–19)

1 Chronicles 28:1–29:25

The story of Solomon's coronation continues from 1 Chronicles 23:1–2. David, at the height of his power, transfers authority to Solomon (compare 1 Kings 1:1–2:9).

Theme notes and profiles

David

Related verses

Psalm 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Leviticus 25:23
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
Psalm 102:11
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Psalm 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.
James 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.
Psalm 119:19
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
Psalm 90:9
For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
Hebrews 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.
Isaiah 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.
Genesis 47:9
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second David Foreigner Genealogy Life

Topics

Joy of David, Over the offerings of the Princes and People for the House of God Life: Brevity and Uncertainty of Man: Days of, Compared to a Shadow Pilgrims and Strangers: Saints Confess Themselves Pilgrims and Strangers: Saints of Old Praise of David: At the Close of his Reign Psalms of David: At the Close of his Reign Public Prayer: David

1 Chronicles 29:15

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