1st Chronicles 29:15
For we be pilgrims and comelings before thee, as all our fathers were; our days be as shadow on the earth, and there is no tarrying.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מִקְוֶהmiqvehsomething waited for, i.e. confidence (objective or subjective); also a collection, i.e. (
- תּוֹשָׁבtôwshâbresident alien
- צֵלtsêlshade, whether literal or figurative
- גֵּרgêrproperly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
- פָּנִיםpânîymthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 144:4, Lev 25:23, Psa 102:11, Job 14:2, Psa 39:12, Jas 4:14, Heb 11:13–16, Isa 40:6–8