1 Chronicles 29:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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.c ”

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For we [are] (i) strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding. (i) Therefore we have this land loaned to us...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Response to Davids Appeal for Offerings: his Thanksgiving and Death. 1 Chronicles 29:1-9 . Cf. Exodus 35:4-9 ; Exodus 35:20-29 . 1 Chronicles 29:1 . the palace: the Hebrew word occurs onl...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

we are strangers. Compare Psalms 39:12 ; Psalms 119:19 . none abiding . no hope of continuance.
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 392 SAINTS STRANGERS ON EARTH 1 Chronicles 29:15 . 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 abid...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. For we are strangers - We have here neither right...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou ar...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's Offerings, Thanksgiving, and Death 1. The palace] The word in the original is more strictly applicable to the fortress which was attached to the Second Temple ( Nehemiah 2:8 ) and afterwar...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners. — Psalms 39:12 . Our days on the earth are as a (the) shadow. — Job 8:9 ; Psalms 144:4 . And there is none abiding. — Rather, and there...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LAST PRAYER OF DAVID 1 Chronicles 29:10-19 IN order to do justice to the chronicler's method of presenting us with a number of very similar illustrations of the same principle, we have in t...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the account of the final stage in the greatest work of David's life, namely, his preparation for building the Temple. The king had a treasure of his own, over and above what he had gathered f...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more sweet, more interesting, more expressive. He first begins in blessing. Who so worthy to be praised as the Lord, as he is in himself? What so suitable for man to offer as praise fo...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘AS A SHADOW LIFE IS FLEETING’ ‘Our days on the earth are as a shadow.’ 1 Chronicles 29:15 I. The shadow is a fit emblem of human life. —From the hour it falls on the dial it moves round th...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers ,.... For though they were in possession of the land of Canaan, yet they held it not in their own right, but as the Lord's,...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 15. For we are strangers before thee, an...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For we are strangers before thee , &c. Poor, despicable creatures. The land which we possess is thine, not ours; we are not the proprietors, but only thy tenants: and as our fathers once were me...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Prayer to God; Sacrifices Offered. B. C. 1015. 10 Wherefore David blessed the...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These words may contain a reason, either, 1. Of the first clause of 1 Chronicles 29:14 , Who am I &c., i.e. what mean and contemptible creatures are we, and how unworthy of so high a favou...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] We have in this chapter contributions of the princes to the temple ( 1 Chronicles 29:1-9 ); the public thanksgiving of David ( 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 ); David’s prayer for Solomon ( 1...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:15 The shadow is a fit emblem of human life. From the hour it falls on the dial it moves round the little circle until the sun sinks, when in a moment it is gone. A few hours past,...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 29:2 . Marble. The LXX read Parian marble; that is, marble from the isle of Paros, or white marble. They knew this by documents of authority. 1 Chronicles 29:29 . The book of Samue...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation. The last thanksgiving Every sentence weighed and measured for the occasion. I. The infinite perfections of God. 1. God in His...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 29:1-13 These verses continue the account of what David said to the whole congregation, respecting his son Solomon and his tender age in view of the great enterprise...
1 Chronicles 29:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Thanksgiving
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:11 ; Ecclesiastes 6:12 ; Genesis 47:9 ; Hebrews 11:13-16 ; Isaiah 40:6-8 ; James 4:14 ; Job 14:2 ; Psalms 102:11 ; Psalms 119:19 ; Psalms 144:4 ; Psalms 39:12 ; Psalms 90:9
1 Chronicles 29:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Strangers — For the land which we possess is thine, not ours; we are not the proprietors but only thy tenants: and as our fathers once were mere strangers in it, even before men, so we at this day...

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Chronicles 29:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 29:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Chronicles 29:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes