Verse 15

For we are strangers{H1616} before{H6440} thee, and sojourners{H8453}, as were all our fathers{H1}: our days{H3117} on the earth{H776} are as a shadow{H6738}, and there is none abiding{H4723}.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth{H3318}{(H8804)} like a flower{H6731}, and is cut down{H5243}{(H8799)}: he fleeth{H1272}{(H8799)} also as a shadow{H6738}, and continueth{H5975}{(H8799)} not.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} my prayer{H8605}, O LORD{H3068}, and give ear{H238}{H8685)} unto my cry{H7775}; hold not thy peace{H2790}{H8799)} at my tears{H1832}: for I am a stranger{H1616} with thee, and a sojourner{H8453}, as all my fathers{H1} were.
  • Lev 25:23 : 23 The land{H776} shall not be sold{H4376}{(H8735)} for ever{H6783}: for the land{H776} is mine; for ye are strangers{H1616} and sojourners{H8453} with me.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man{H120} is like{H1819}{(H8804)} to vanity{H1892}: his days{H3117} are as a shadow{H6738} that passeth away{H5674}{(H8802)}.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My days{H3117} are like a shadow{H6738} that declineth{H5186}{(H8803)}; and I am withered{H3001}{(H8799)} like grass{H6212}.
  • Ps 119:19 : 19 I am a stranger{H1616} in the earth{H776}: hide{H5641}{(H8686)} not thy commandments{H4687} from me.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)} what is good{H2896} for man{H120} in this life{H2416}, all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his vain{H1892} life{H2416} which he spendeth{H6213}{(H8799)} as a shadow{H6738}? for who can tell{H5046}{(H8686)} a man{H120} what shall be after{H310} him under the sun{H8121}?
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice{H6963} said{H559}{(H8802)}, Cry{H7121}{(H8798)}. And he said{H559}{(H8804)}, What shall I cry{H7121}{(H8799)}? 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}{(H8804)}, the flower{H6731} fadeth{H5034}{(H8804)}: because the spirit{H7307} of the LORD{H3068} bloweth{H5380}{(H8804)} upon it: surely{H403} the people{H5971} is grass{H2682}. 8 The grass{H2682} withereth{H3001}{(H8804)}, the flower{H6731} fadeth{H5034}{(H8804)}: but the word{H1697} of our God{H430} shall stand{H6965}{(H8799)} for ever{H5769}.
  • Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These{G3778} all{G3956} died{G599}{(G5627)} in{G2596} faith{G4102}, not{G3361} having received{G2983}{(G5631)} the promises{G1860}, but{G235} having seen{G1492}{(G5631)} them{G846} afar off{G4207}, and{G2532} were persuaded of{G3982}{(G5685)} them, and{G2532} embraced{G782}{(G5666)} them, and{G2532} confessed{G3670}{(G5660)} that{G3754} they were{G1526}{(G5748)} strangers{G3581} and{G2532} pilgrims{G3927} on{G1909} the earth{G1093}. 14 For{G1063} they that say{G3004}{(G5723)} such things{G5108} declare plainly{G1718}{(G5719)} that{G3754} they seek{G1934}{(G5719)} a country{G3968}. 15 And{G2532} truly{G3303}, if{G1487} they had been mindful{G3421}{(G5707)} of that{G1565} country from{G575} whence{G3739} they came out{G1831}{(G5627)}, they might{G302} have had{G2192}{(G5707)} opportunity{G2540} to have returned{G344}{(G5658)}. 16 But{G1161} now{G3570} they desire{G3713}{(G5734)} a better{G2909} country, that is{G5123}{(G5748)}, an heavenly{G2032}: wherefore{G1352} God{G2316} is{G1870} not{G3756} ashamed{G1870}{(G5736)}{G846} to be called{G1941}{(G5745)} their{G846} God{G2316}: for{G1063} he hath prepared{G2090}{(G5656)} for them{G846} a city{G4172}.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas{G3748} ye know{G1987}{(G5736)} not{G3756} what{G3588} shall be on the morrow{G839}. For{G1063} what{G4169} is your{G5216} life{G2222}? It is{G2076}{(G5748)} even{G1063} a vapour{G822}, that{G4314} appeareth for{G5316}{(G5730)} a little time{G3641}, and{G1161} then{G1899} vanisheth away{G853}{(G5746)}.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dearly beloved{G27}, I beseech{G3870}{(G5719)} you as{G5613} strangers{G3941} and{G2532} pilgrims{G3927}, abstain from{G567}{(G5733)} fleshly{G4559} lusts{G1939}, which{G3748} war{G4754}{(G5731)} against{G2596} the soul{G5590};
  • Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob{H3290} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}, The days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my pilgrimage{H4033} are an hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years{H8141}: few{H4592} and evil{H7451} have the days{H3117} of the years{H8141} of my life{H2416} been, and have not attained{H5381}{(H8689)} 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}{H8804)} in thy wrath{H5678}: we spend{H3615}{H8765)} our years{H8141} as a tale{H1899} that is told.