1 Chronicles 29:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Chronicles 29:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Chronicles 29:15 is a verse from the book of 1 Chronicles in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and th..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Chronicles 29:15 — KJV
“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. abiding: Heb. expectation”
— 1 Chronicles 29:15 (KJV)
1 Chronicles 29:15 in Context — About the Book of 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles retells David's story for a generation returning from exile, anchoring their identity in genealogy, worship, and covenant. Its highlights are musical and devotional: David appoints singers, organizes temple worship, and prays one of Scripture's greatest thanksgiving prayers — including the famous prayer of Jabez.
Cross-References for 1 Chronicles 29:15
“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) nothing: Heb. not”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 29:15: days, earth, shadow
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 29:15: days, earth, heb
“And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. continually: Heb. in going and returning”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 29:15: days, earth, heb
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. While...: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 29:15: days, earth, heb
“And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. to preserve...: Heb. to put for you a remnant”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 29:15: before, earth, heb
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