For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; ¹  our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security. ² 

biblegateway 1Ch 29:15

"For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

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

To you we are all like our ancestors–– foreigners without permanent homes. Our days are as fleeting as shadows on the ground. There’s no hope for them.

biblegateway 1Ch 29:15

We are aliens and strangers in your sight, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

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 abiding.

bibleoremus 1Ch 29:15

For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

We are aliens before you and settlers, as were all our fathers; our days on earth are like a shadow, and we have no abiding place.

biblegateway 1Ch 29:15

For we are aliens and pilgrims before You, As were all our fathers; Our days on earth are as a shadow, And without hope.

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.

biblegateway 1Ch 29:15

For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; ¹  our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security. ² 

¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 18, 20).

² tn Or perhaps “hope.”