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1 Chronicles 29

1 Chron. 29:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forb we are strangers
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
thee, and sojourners
towshab (Hebrew #8453)
from 3427; a dweller (but not outlandish (5237)); especially (as distinguished from a native citizen (active participle of 3427) and a temporary inmate (1616) or mere lodger (3885)) resident alien
KJV usage: foreigner, inhabitant, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: to-shawb'
Origin: or toshab (1 Kings 17:1) {to-shawb'}
, as were all our fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
: ourc days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
on the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
are as a shadow
tsel (Hebrew #6738)
shade, whether literal or figurative
KJV usage: defence, shade(-ow).
Pronounce: tsale
Origin: from 6751
, and there is none δabiding
miqveh (Hebrew #4723)
or miqvet (2 Chron. 1:16) {mik-vay'}; from 6960; something waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (of water) a pond, or (of men and horses) a caravan or drove
KJV usage: abiding, gathering together, hope, linen yarn, plenty (of water), pool.
Pronounce: mik-veh'
Origin: or miqveh (1 Kings 10:28) {mik-vay'}
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Psa. 39:12• 12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. (Psa. 39:12)
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Heb. 11:13• 13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. (Heb. 11:13)
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1 Peter 2:11• 11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)
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Job 14:2• 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. (Job 14:2)
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Psa. 90:9• 9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. (Psa. 90:9)
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Psa. 102:11• 11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. (Psa. 102:11)
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Psa. 144:4• 4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. (Psa. 144:4)
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Isa. 40:6‑8• 6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
 7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
 8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isa. 40:6‑8)
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James 4:14• 14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. (James 4:14)
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expectation.

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Cross References

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Gen. 47:9• 9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are 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. (Gen. 47:9)
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Psa. 39:12• 12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. (Psa. 39:12)
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Psa. 119:19• 19I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. (Psa. 119:19)
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Heb. 11:13‑16• 13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
 14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
 15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
 16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. (Heb. 11:13‑16)
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1 Peter 2:11• 11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:11)
our days.
Job 14:2• 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. (Job 14:2)
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Psa. 90:9• 9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. (Psa. 90:9)
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Psa. 102:11• 11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. (Psa. 102:11)
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Psa. 144:4• 4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. (Psa. 144:4)
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Eccl. 6:12• 12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? (Eccl. 6:12)
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Isa. 40:6‑8• 6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
 7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
 8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Isa. 40:6‑8)
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James 4:14• 14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. (James 4:14)
abiding.
Heb. expectation.

J. N. Darby Translation

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For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope of life.