15for 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.


In Context

12 and the riches, and the honour are from before Thee, and Thou art ruling over all, and in Thy hand is power and might, and in Thy hand, to make great, and to give strength to all.

13 'And now, our God, we are giving thanks to Thee, and giving praise to Thy beauteous name;

14 yea, because, who am I, and who are my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee is the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee;

15 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.

16 O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, is out of Thy hand, and of Thee is the whole.

17 'And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

1 Chronicles 29:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:15We are aliens and strangers in your sight, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:15For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:15For we are sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were all our fathers. Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no stay.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:15For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:15For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:15For 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:15For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.