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1 Chronicles 29:15
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 (A)For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are (B)like a shadow, and there is no abiding.[a]
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- 1 Chronicles 29:15 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew hope, or prospect
1 Chronicles 29:15
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 We are foreigners and strangers(A) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(B) without hope.
Psalm 39:12
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Psalm 39:12
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12 (A)“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am (B)a sojourner with you,
(C)a guest, like all my fathers.
Psalm 119:19
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Psalm 119:19
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Psalm 119:19
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Psalm 119:19
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19 I am a stranger on earth;(A)
do not hide your commands from me.
Psalm 119:54
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Psalm 119:54
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54 Your statutes have been my songs
in the house of my (A)sojourning.
Psalm 119:54
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Psalm 119:54
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54 Your decrees are the theme of my song(A)
wherever I lodge.
Hebrews 11:9
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Hebrews 11:9
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9 By faith he went to live in (A)the land of promise, as in a foreign land, (B)living in tents (C)with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
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Hebrews 11:9
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Hebrews 11:9
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9 By faith he made his home in the promised land(A) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(B) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(C)
Hebrews 11:13
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Hebrews 11:13
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13 These all died in faith, (A)not having received the things promised, but (B)having seen them and greeted them from afar, and (C)having acknowledged that they were (D)strangers and exiles on the earth.
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Hebrews 11:13
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Hebrews 11:13
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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C)
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