Verse 15
For we are strangers{H1616} before{H6440} thee, and sojourners,{H8453} as all our fathers{H1} were: our days{H3117} on the earth{H776} are as a shadow,{H6738} and there is no abiding.{H4723}
Referenced Verses
- Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth{H3318} like a flower,{H6731} and is cut down:{H5243} He fleeth{H1272} also as a shadow,{H6738} and continueth{H5975} not.
- Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear{H8085} my prayer,{H8605} O Jehovah,{H3068} and give ear{H238} unto my cry;{H7775} Hold not thy peace{H2790} at my tears:{H1832} For I am a stranger{H1616} with thee, A sojourner,{H8453} as all my fathers{H1} were.
- Lev 25:23 : 23 And the land{H776} shall not be sold{H4376} in perpetuity;{H6783} for the land{H776} is mine: for ye are strangers{H1616} and sojourners{H1616} with me.
- Ps 144:4 : 4 Man{H120} is like{H1819} to vanity:{H1892} His days{H3117} are as a shadow{H6738} that passeth away.{H5674}
- Ps 102:11 : 11 My days{H3117} are like a shadow{H6738} that declineth;{H5186} And I am withered{H3001} like grass.{H6212}
- Ps 119:19 : 19 I am a sojourner{H1616} in the earth:{H776} Hide{H5641} not thy commandments{H4687} from me.
- Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth{H3045} what is good{H2896} for man{H120} in [his] life,{H2416} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his vain{H1892} life{H2416} which he spendeth{H6213} as a shadow?{H6738} for who can tell{H5046} a man{H120} what shall be after{H310} him under the sun?{H8121}
- Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice{H6963} of one saying,{H559} Cry.{H7121} And one said,{H559} What shall I cry?{H7121} All flesh{H1320} is grass,{H2682} and all the goodliness{H2617} thereof is as the flower{H6731} of the field.{H7704} 7 The grass{H2682} withereth,{H3001} the flower{H6731} fadeth,{H5034} because the breath{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} bloweth{H5380} upon it; surely{H403} the people{H5971} is grass.{H2682} 8 The grass{H2682} withereth,{H3001} the flower{H6731} fadeth;{H5034} but the word{H1697} of our God{H430} shall stand{H6965} forever.{H5769}
- Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These{G3778} all{G3956} died{G599} in{G2596} faith,{G4102} not{G3361} having received{G2983} the promises,{G1860} but{G235} having seen{G1492} them{G846} and{G2532} greeted{G782} them from afar,{G4207} and{G2532} having confessed{G3670} that{G3754} they were{G1526} strangers{G3581} and{G2532} pilgrims{G3927} on{G1909} the earth.{G1093} 14 For{G1063} they that say{G3004} such things{G5108} make it manifest{G1718} that{G3754} they are seeking{G1934} after a country{G3968} of their own. 15 And{G2532} if{G1487} indeed{G3303} they had been mindful{G3421} of that{G1565} [country] from{G575} which{G3739} they went out,{G1831} they would have had{G2192} {G302} opportunity{G2540} to return.{G344} 16 But{G1161} now{G3570} they desire{G3713} a better{G2909} [country], that{G5124} is,{G2076} a heavenly:{G2032} wherefore{G1352} God{G2316} is{G1870} not{G3756} ashamed{G1870} of them,{G846} to be called{G1941} their{G846} God;{G2316} for{G1063} he hath prepared{G2090} for them{G846} a city.{G4172}
- Jas 4:14 : 14 whereas{G3748} ye know{G1987} not{G3756} what{G3588} shall be on the morrow.{G839} {G1063} What{G4169} is your{G5216} life?{G2222} For ye are{G2076} a{G1063} vapor,{G822} that appeareth{G5316} for{G4314} a little time,{G3641} and{G1161} then{G1899} vanisheth away.{G853}
- 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Beloved,{G27} I beseech{G3870} you as{G5613} sojourners{G3941} and{G2532} pilgrims,{G3927} to abstain{G567} from fleshly{G4559} lusts,{G1939} which{G3748} war{G4754} against{G2596} the soul;{G5590}
- Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} The days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my pilgrimage{H4033} are a hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years:{H8141} few{H4592} and evil{H7451} have been the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my life,{H2416} and they have not attained{H5381} unto the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of the life{H2416} of my fathers{H1} in the days{H3117} of their pilgrimage.{H4033}
- Ps 90:9 : 9 For all our days{H3117} are passed away{H6437} in thy wrath:{H5678} We bring{H3615} our years{H8141} to an end{H1899} as a sigh.