Verse Comparison: 1 Chronicles 29:15
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
We are only foreigners living here on earth for a while, just as our ancestors were. And we will soon be gone, like a shadow that suddenly disappears.
Darby English Version
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].
Good News Bible
You know, O LORD, that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
"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.
New International Version
We are aliens and strangers in your sight, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
New King James Version
For we are aliens and pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For we live as sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth resemble a shadow, and we see no hope.
Revised Standard Version
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.
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.
