He lived as an outsider in the land of the Philistines for many days.
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Tree of Life Version For we are sojourners before You, mere transients like our fathers. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, without security. 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. |
He lived as an outsider in the land of the Philistines for many days.
“I am an outsider and a sojourner among you. Give me a gravesite among you so that I may bury my dead from before my presence.”
And may he give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you that you may take possession of the land of your sojourn, which God gave to Abraham.”
For their possessions were too numerous for them to dwell together, and the land where they were residing was unable to support them because of their livestock.
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourn are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life. Moreover, the days of the years of my life have not attained the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojourn.”
“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your hand we have given to You.
Adonai Eloheinu, all this abundance that we have laid aside to build You a House for Your holy Name is from Your hand; it all belongs to You.
Like a flower he comes up and withers; like a shadow he flees and does not stay.
for we were born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and tossed me aside.
With rebukes You chasten one for iniquity and You consume like a moth what he finds pleasure in. Surely all humanity is but a vapor. Selah
Hear my prayer, Adonai, and listen to my cry— do not keep silent at my tears. For with You I am an outsider, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
For all our days have passed away under Your wrath. We spent our years like a sigh.
For who knows what is good for one during his life—during the few days of his fleeting life—that pass like a shadow? For who can tell a person what happens after him under the sun?
“Moreover, the land is not to be sold permanently, because the land is Mine. For you are sojourners with Me.
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul.