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Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/29.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For we <i>are</i> strangers before thee, and sojourners, as <i>were</i> all our fathers: our days on the earth <i>are</i> as a shadow, and <i>there is</i> none abiding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For we <i>are</i> aliens and pilgrims before You, As <i>were</i> all our fathers; Our days on earth <i>are</i> as a shadow, And without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For we are strangers before You, and temporary residents, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For we are sojourners before Thee, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For we are sojourners before You, and foreign residents, like all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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 [of remaining].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For we are aliens and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />We are only foreigners living here on earth for a while, just as our ancestors were. And we will soon be gone, like a shadow that suddenly disappears. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You know, O LORD, that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for we [are] sojourners and settlers before You, like all our fathers; our days on the land [are] as a shadow, and there is none abiding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: as a shadow our days upon the earth, and no expectation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For we are sojourners and new arrivals before you, as all our fathers were. Our days upon the earth are like a shadow, and there is no delay.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For before you we are strangers and travelers, like all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without a future.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For we are like the proverb of vapor and of the potter, and we are sojourners before thee and a small people in the world, but thou didst rule over our fathers of old, and thou didst command them by which way they should walk and live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because we are likened to the vapor of a pot, and we are small inhabitants before you in the world, and you ruled among our first fathers, and you ordered them in what way they should go and they should live.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />for we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers <i>were</i>: our days upon the earth <i>are</i> as a shadow, and there is no remaining.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=8297" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/29.htm">David's Prayer of Blessing</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/587.htm" title="587: ’ă·naḥ·nū (Pro-1cp) -- We. Apparently from 'anokiy; we.">we</a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: ḡê·rîm (N-mp) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">are foreigners</a> <a href="/hebrew/8453.htm" title="8453: wə·ṯō·wō·šā·ḇîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A sojourner. ">and strangers</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">in Your presence,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kə·ḵāl- (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">as were all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">our forefathers.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">Our days</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6738.htm" title="6738: kaṣ·ṣêl (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A shadow. From tsalal; shade, whether literal or figurative.">are like a shadow,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/4723.htm" title="4723: miq·weh (N-ms) -- Or miqveh; or miqvet; from qavah; something waited for, i.e. Confidence; also a collection, i.e. a pond, or a caravan or drove.">hope.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Psalm 39:12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a></span><br />Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Genesis 47:9</a></span><br />“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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1-2</a></span><br />“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. / Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-9.htm">Psalm 90:9-10</a></span><br />For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. / The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1</a></span><br />For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20</a></span><br />But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-19.htm">Psalm 119:19</a></span><br />I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">2 Peter 3:13</a></span><br />But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-2.htm">John 14:2-3</a></span><br />In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? / And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:2</a></span><br />“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a></span><br />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. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20-21</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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 none abiding.</p><p class="hdg">For we</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Genesis 47:9</a></b></br> And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage <i>are</i> an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Psalm 39:12</a></b></br> Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I <i>am</i> a stranger with thee, <i>and</i> a sojourner, as all my fathers <i>were</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-19.htm">Psalm 119:19</a></b></br> I <i>am</i> a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.</p><p class="hdg">our days</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/14-2.htm">Job 14:2</a></b></br> He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-9.htm">Psalm 90:9</a></b></br> For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale <i>that is told</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-11.htm">Psalm 102:11</a></b></br> My days <i>are</i> like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.</p><p class="hdg">abiding [heb] expectation </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/2-18.htm">Abiding</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-2.htm">Aliens</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-28.htm">Country</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-11.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-6.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-15.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-2.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-10.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-3.htm">Life</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-11.htm">Shade</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-11.htm">Shadow</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-10.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-2.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-2.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-2.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-7.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/32-10.htm">Abiding</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-17.htm">Aliens</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-15.htm">Country</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-9.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-18.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-17.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-10.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-28.htm">Life</a> <a href="/job/7-2.htm">Shade</a> <a href="/job/3-5.htm">Shadow</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-25.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-17.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-17.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/job/31-39.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-22.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-1.htm">David, by his example and entreaty</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-6.htm">causes the princes and people to offer willingly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-10.htm">David's thanksgiving and prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-20.htm">The people, having blessed God, and sacrificed, make Solomon king.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-26.htm">David's reign and death</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near Eastern context, these terms were often used to describe people living in a land that was not their own, without the rights of citizenship. This reflects a deep theological truth about the human condition from a biblical perspective: believers are seen as temporary residents on earth, with their true citizenship in heaven (<a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20</a>). This understanding calls Christians to live with a sense of detachment from worldly possessions and status, focusing instead on their eternal home.<p><b>in Your presence</b><br />The phrase "in Your presence" emphasizes the omnipresence of God and the reality that all of life is lived before Him. In the Hebrew context, living "in the presence" of God implies accountability and a relationship with the divine. It is a reminder that, despite being foreigners and sojourners, believers are never outside of God's watchful care and guidance. This presence provides comfort and assurance, knowing that God is intimately involved in the lives of His people.<p><b>as were all our fathers</b><br />This phrase connects the current generation with their ancestors, highlighting a continuity of faith and experience. The patriarchs, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were also described as sojourners (<a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9-10</a>), living in tents and looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. This historical context serves as an encouragement to remain faithful and patient, trusting in God's promises as their forefathers did.<p><b>Our days on earth are like a shadow</b><br />The imagery of a shadow suggests transience and insubstantiality. In the Hebrew Bible, a shadow is often used to describe the fleeting nature of life (<a href="/job/8-9.htm">Job 8:9</a>, <a href="/psalms/102-11.htm">Psalm 102:11</a>). This metaphor serves as a humbling reminder of human mortality and the brevity of life. It encourages believers to live wisely, making the most of their time on earth by aligning their lives with God's purposes and values.<p><b>without hope</b><br />In the context of this verse, "without hope" does not imply despair but rather underscores the futility of placing hope in earthly things. The Hebrew understanding of hope (תִּקְוָה, tikvah) is often associated with waiting and expectation. For believers, true hope is found in God and His eternal promises, not in the temporary and uncertain nature of earthly life. This perspective calls Christians to anchor their hope in the eternal, unchanging nature of God and His kingdom.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners.</span>--<a href="/psalms/39-12.htm" title="Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.">Psalm 39:12</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Our days on the earth are as a</span> (the) <span class= "bld">shadow.</span>--<a href="/job/8-9.htm" title="(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow:)">Job 8:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/144-4.htm" title="Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.">Psalm 144:4</a>.<p><span class= "bld">And there is none abiding.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">and there is no hope;</span> no outlook, no assured future, no hope of permanence. What is the ground for this plaintive turn in the thought? Merely, it would seem, to emphasise what has just been said. We, as creatures of a day, can have no abiding and absolute possession. Our good things are lent to us for a season only. As our fathers passed away, so shall we.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - Of the seven other clear occasions of occurrence of the word here translated <span class="cmt_word">abiding</span> (<span class="hebrew">מִקְוֶה</span>), it bears three times the meaning of "a gathering together" as of waters (<a href="/genesis/1-10.htm">Genesis 1:10</a>; <a href="/exodus/7-19.htm">Exodus 7:19</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-36.htm">Leviticus 11:36</a>). The other four times it is translated in the Authorized Version "hope," either in the abstract (<a href="/ezra/10-2.htm">Ezra 10:2</a>), or in the personal object of it (<a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Jeremiah 14:8</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/17-13.htm">Jeremiah 17:13</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm">Jeremiah 50:7</a>). Probably the word "abiding," as drawn from this latter aspect of the word, expresses with sufficient accuracy the intended meaning here. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנַ֧חְנוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·naḥ·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_587.htm">Strong's 587: </a> </span><span class="str2">We</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[are] foreigners</span><br /><span class="heb">גֵרִ֨ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḡê·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> </span><span class="str2">A guest, a foreigner</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sojourners</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתוֹשָׁבִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯō·wō·šā·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8453.htm">Strong's 8453: </a> </span><span class="str2">Resident alien</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Your presence,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנֶ֛יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as were all</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḵāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our forefathers.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Our days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמֵ֛ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are like a shadow,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּצֵּ֧ל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(kaṣ·ṣêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6738.htm">Strong's 6738: </a> </span><span class="str2">A shadow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hope.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקְוֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(miq·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4723.htm">Strong's 4723: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something waited for, confidence, a collection, a pond, a caravan, drove</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are strangers before you (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 29:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 29:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 29:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 29:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>