1 Chronicles 29:15 - Easy To Read Version We are only strangers traveling through\par this world like our ancestors. {\cf2\super [323]} \par Our time on earth is like a passing shadow.\par And we can’t stop it.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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 hope or expectation of remaining. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible To be sure, we are like all our ancestors, immigrants without permanent homes. Our days are like a shadow on the ground, and there’s no hope. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
“I am only a traveler staying in your country. I have no place to bury my wife. Please give me some land so I can bury my wife.”
I pray that God will bless you and your children the same way he blessed Abraham. And I pray that you will own the land where you live. This is the land God gave to Abraham.”
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”
All these things didn’t come\par from me and my people!\par All these things come from you.\par We are only giving back to you\par things that came from you.\par
Lord our God, we gathered all these things\par to build your temple.\par We build this temple to honor your name.\par But all these things have come from you.\par Everything belongs to you.\par
But when man dies, he is finished!\par When man dies, he is gone.\par
Man’s life is like a flower. He grows quickly, and then dies away. Man’s life is like a shadow that is here for a short time, and then it is gone.
It seems like we were born yesterday.\par We are too young to know for sure.\par Our days on earth are very short,\par like a shadow.\par
My life is almost finished,\par like the long shadows\par at the end of the day.\par I am like dry and dying grass.\par
I am a stranger in this land.\par Lord, don’t hide your teachings from me.\par
A person’s life is like a puff of air.\par A person’s life is like a passing shadow.\par
Lord, hear my prayer!\par Listen to the words I cry to you.\par Look at my tears.\par I am only a traveler\par passing through this life with you.\par Like all my ancestors, I live here only\par a short time. {\cf2\super [241]} \par
Lord, leave me alone {\cf2\super [242]} \par and let me be happy\par before I am dead and gone.\par
Your anger can end our life.\par Our lives fade away like a whisper.\par
Who knows what is best for a person during his short life on earth? His life passes like a shadow. No one can tell him what will happen later.
“The land really belongs to me. So you can’t really sell it permanently. You are only foreigners and travelers living {on my land} with me.
You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.
Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers \{in this world\}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.