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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="/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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><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="/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="audio" id="audio"></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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The concept of being "foreigners and strangers" is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing the temporary and pilgrim status of God's people on earth. In <a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a>, Abraham describes himself as a foreigner and stranger among the Hittites, highlighting his reliance on God's promises rather than earthly possessions. The New Testament echoes this in <a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13</a>, where the faithful are described as strangers and exiles on the earth, seeking a heavenly homeland. This phrase underscores the humility and dependence on God that believers are called to embody.<p><b>as were all our forefathers</b><br>This part of the verse connects the current generation with their ancestors, acknowledging a shared experience of transience and reliance on God. The forefathers, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, lived as nomads, often without a permanent home, which is a physical representation of their spiritual journey. This continuity emphasizes the faithfulness of God across generations and the enduring nature of His covenant. It also serves as a reminder of the collective identity of God's people, rooted in a history of faith and obedience.<p><b>Our days on earth are like a shadow</b><br>The imagery of life as a shadow conveys the brevity and insubstantial nature of human existence. Shadows are fleeting and lack substance, illustrating how life on earth is temporary and quickly passing. This metaphor is found in other biblical texts, such as <a href="/job/8-9.htm">Job 8:9</a> and <a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Psalm 144:4</a>, which also speak to the ephemeral nature of life. The use of this imagery encourages believers to focus on eternal realities rather than temporal concerns, aligning with the wisdom literature's emphasis on the fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom (<a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>).<p><b>without hope</b><br>In this context, "without hope" does not imply despair but rather highlights the futility of placing hope in earthly things. The hope of believers is not rooted in the transient world but in the eternal promises of God. This aligns with the message of Ecclesiastes, where earthly pursuits are deemed meaningless without a relationship with God. The New Testament reinforces this by presenting Jesus Christ as the living hope (<a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3</a>), offering eternal life and redemption. This phrase serves as a call to place trust and hope in God's eternal plan rather than in the fleeting nature of earthly life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, King David, is addressing God in a prayer of thanksgiving as he prepares for the construction of the temple, which his son Solomon will build.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Israel, whom David refers to as "foreigners and sojourners," acknowledging their transient existence on earth.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_preparation.htm">Temple Preparation</a></b><br>This verse is part of a larger context where David is gathering resources and making preparations for the building of the temple in Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the temple is to be built, representing the spiritual and political center of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>David's son, who is chosen to build the temple, continuing the legacy and covenant promises given to David.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_our_transience.htm">Understanding Our Transience</a></b><br>Recognize that our time on earth is temporary and fleeting, much like a shadow. This perspective should influence how we prioritize our lives and focus on eternal matters.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_sojourners.htm">Living as Sojourners</a></b><br>Embrace the identity of being a foreigner and sojourner in this world. This means living with a mindset that our true citizenship is in heaven, influencing our values and decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_the_earthly_life.htm">Hope Beyond the Earthly Life</a></b><br>While the verse mentions "without hope," it is crucial to understand this in the context of earthly life. Our ultimate hope is found in God and the eternal life promised through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_faithfulness.htm">Generational Faithfulness</a></b><br>Just as David acknowledges the faith of "all our fathers," we are called to continue the legacy of faithfulness, passing down the truth of God's promises to future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_resources.htm">Stewardship of Resources</a></b><br>In the context of temple preparation, consider how we can use our resources and talents for God's glory, contributing to His work on earth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_michal's_view_of_david_differ_in_2_samuel.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:29, Michal criticizes David's dance--does this episode conflict with the portrayal of Michal in 2 Samuel, creating an inconsistency in her character and motives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_high_places_remain_in_1_kings_15_14.htm">In 1 Kings 15:14, why are the high places said to remain, yet 2 Chronicles 14:3 claims Asa removed them?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_1_chronicles_29_6-9_exaggerated.htm">Could the overwhelming generosity described in 1 Chronicles 29:6-9 be an exaggeration or literary device rather than a historical record?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_non-levites_handle_the_ark.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:2, where David insists only the Levites may carry the Ark, how do we reconcile this claim with any instances where non-Levites handled it or transported it in other texts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><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>