1 Chronicles 29:15
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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.For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
In other translations
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.For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588גֵרִיםgerim[are] sojournersH1616אֲנַחְנוּ'anachnuweH587לְפָנֶיךָlefaneikha<to> before youH6440וְתוֹשָׁבִיםvetoshavimand resident aliensH8453כְּכָל־kekhol-like allH3605אֲבֹתֵינוּ'avoteinuancestors ourH1כַּצֵּל׀katzel[are] like <the> shadowH6738יָמֵינוּyameinudays ourH3117עַל־'al-onH5921הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369מִקְוֶה׃mikveh[is] hopeH4723
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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