1 Chronicles 29:15

1 Chronicles 29:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For we are aliens and pilgrims before You, As were all our fathers; Our days on earth are as a shadow, And without hope.

Context of 1 Chronicles 29:15

13So we thank you, our God. We praise your great name! 14But I and my people are like nothing. How are we able to give all these gifts to help your work? Everything that we have comes from you. So we are giving back to you things that already belong to you. We are like strangers and foreign people who live in your world. Our ancestors also lived in that way. We live here only for a short time and then we disappear, like a shadow. We know that we will die one day. 16Lord, our God, we have given these things to build a temple for you, to give honour to your holy name. But all these valuable things come from you. They already belong to you. 17My God, I know that you look carefully at our thoughts. You are pleased when we want to do things that are right. And I really do want to offer all these things to you. I know that your people who have met together here are happy. I can see that they are pleased to give these things to you.

1 Chronicles 29:15 word by word

כִּֽי־גֵרִ֨ים אֲנַ֧חְנוּ לְפָנֶ֛יךָ וְתוֹשָׁבִ֖ים כְּכָל־אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ כַּצֵּ֧ל׀ יָמֵ֛ינוּ עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאֵ֥ין מִקְוֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• strangersגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thee, and sojournersתּוֹשָׁבtôshâb tôshâb · sojournerH8453
• all our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• our daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• on the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• as a shadowצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738
• none abidingמִקְוֶהmiqveh miqvêh miqvê' · hopeH4723

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 29:15

• Genesis 47:9Jacob replied, ‘I have been alive for 130 years. My years have been few, and they have been difficult. I have not lived for as long as my ancestors lived.’
• Psalms 39:12Lord, please hear my prayer. Listen to me when I call to you for help. Do not turn away from me when I weep. I need your help, like a foreign person who lives away from his home. I live on earth as a stranger, like all my ancestors did.
• Psalms 119:19I live like a stranger here on the earth. Please do not hide your commands from me.
• Hebrews 11:13All these people continued to believe God until they died. But they did not receive all the things that God had promised to give them. They were like people who saw those things far away. That made them happy. These people understood that they lived as strangers and travellers on the earth.
• 1 Peter 2:11My friends, remember that you are really strangers in this world. You do not belong here. So I am telling you not to do the bad things that your bodies may want to do. Those bad things fight against what is good for your soul.
• Job 14:2He is like a flower that grows and then it soon dies. His life quickly disappears like a shadow.
• Psalms 90:9Your anger gives us trouble all through our lives. Then our lives end in a short groan.
• Psalms 102:11My days are disappearing, like a shadow in the evening. Like dry grass, I will soon die.
• Psalms 144:4People soon pass away, just like a breath. Their life is like a shadow that soon goes.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12Nobody knows the best way for us to live our lives. We live for only a few years and our lives seem to have no purpose. Our lives quickly disappear, like a shadow. Nobody can tell us what will happen on the earth after our death.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice is saying, ‘Shout!’ But I say, ‘What should I shout?’ ‘Shout that all people are like grass. Their promises are like the flowers in a field.
• James 4:14You do not know what will happen tomorrow. Your life is like a cloud which appears for a short time and then it quickly goes away.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 29:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15For we are strangers - We have here neither right nor property. And sojourners - Lodging as it were for a night, in the mansion of another. As were all our fathers - These were, as we are supported by thy bounty, and tenants at will to thee. Our days on the earth are as a shadow - They are continually declining, fading, and passing away. This is the place of our sojourning, and here we have no substantial, permanent residence. There is none abiding…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 We cannot form a right idea of the magnificence of the temple, and the buildings around it, about which such quantities of gold and silver were employed. But the unsearchable riches of Christ exceed the splendour of the temple, infinitely more than that surpassed the meanest cottage on earth. Instead of boasting of these large oblations, David gave solemn thanks to the Lord. All they gave for the Lord's temple was his own; if they attempted…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-19David’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)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1910-19. Wherefore David blessed the Lord--This beautiful thanksgiving prayer was the effusion overflowing with gratitude and delight at seeing the warm and widespread interest that was now taken in forwarding the favorite project of his life. Its piety is displayed in the fervor of devotional feeling--in the ascription of all worldly wealth and greatness to God as the giver, in tracing the general readiness in contributing to the influence of His grace, in…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 29:15

• Joy
• Life
• Praise
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In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• David
• Kingdom
• Magnify
• Obey
• Prepare
• Sojourner
• Adonijah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Intercession

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings