¹⁵We are outsiders and strangers in your sight. So were all of our people who lived long ago. Our days on this earth are like a shadow. We don’t have any hope.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For we are aliens and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

NLTNew Living Translation

We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For we are strangers before you and sojourners like all our ancestors. Our days are like the shadow upon earth, and there is no hope of abiding.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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