1 Chronicles 29:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Young's Literal Translation

for sojourners we [are] before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow [are] our days on the land, and there is none abiding.

King James Bible

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.

Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

we
אֲנַ֧חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

[are] foreigners
גֵרִ֨ים (ḡê·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

and sojourners
וְתוֹשָׁבִ֖ים (wə·ṯō·wō·šā·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8453: Resident alien

in Your presence,
לְפָנֶ֛יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

as were all
כְּכָל־ (kə·ḵāl-)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

our forefathers.
אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1: Father

Our days
יָמֵ֛ינוּ (yā·mê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 3117: A day

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

earth
הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

are like a shadow,
כַּצֵּ֧ל ׀ (kaṣ·ṣêl)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6738: A shadow

without
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

hope.
מִקְוֶֽה׃ (miq·weh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4723: Something waited for, confidence, a collection, a pond, a caravan, drove

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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