1 Chronicles 29:15 (GNV)

Passage

For we are stragers before thee, and soiourners, like all our fathers: our dayes are like ye shadowe vpon the earth, and there is none abiding.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore our God, we thanke thee, and prayse thy glorious Name.

1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we shoulde be able to offer willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee: and of thine owne hand we haue giuen thee.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are stragers before thee, and soiourners, like all our fathers: our dayes are like ye shadowe vpon the earth, and there is none abiding.

1 Chronicles 29:16 O Lord our God, all this abundance that we haue prepared to buylde thee an house for thine holy Name, is of thine hand and all is thine.

1 Chronicles 29:17 I knowe also, my God, that thou tryest the heart, and hast pleasure in righteousnesse: I haue offred willingly in the vprightnesse of mine heart all these things: now also haue I seene thy people which are found here, to offer vnto thee willingly with ioy.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stragers", "before", "thee", "soiourners", "like", "fathers", and "dayes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stragers" and "before", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "But who am I and what is..." into verse 16's "O Lord our God all this abundance...", so "stragers" and "before" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "stragers" and "before" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.