1Ch 29:15 | NET2full | STEP | For we are resident foreigners and temporary settlers in your presence , as all our ancestors were; our days are like a shadow on the earth , without security .

1 Chronicles 29:15

15 For we are resident foreigners and temporary settlers ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew terms ger (גֵּר; “resident foreigner”) and toshav (תּוֹשָׁב; “resident/dweller”) have similar meanings. They are not used here with the technical distinctions of most references in Mosaic Law. 1 Chron 29:15 takes up this language from Lev 25:23 where the terms emphasize that Israel would be a guest on God’s land. This is a privileged but dependent position; they did not own the land. Cf. also Ps 39:12 and Gen 23:4.} in your presence, as all our ancestors were; ^{▼▼tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 18, 20).} our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security. ^{▼▼tn Or perhaps “hope.”}