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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.

KJV

Hebrew original

כִּֽי גֵרִ֨ים אֲנַ֧חְנוּ לְ/פָנֶ֛י/ךָ וְ/תוֹשָׁבִ֖ים כְּ/כָל אֲבֹתֵ֑י/נוּ כַּ/צֵּ֧ל יָמֵ֛י/נוּ עַל הָ/אָ֖רֶץ וְ/אֵ֥ין מִקְוֶֽה

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Nous sommes devant toi des étrangers et des habitants, comme tous nos pères; nos jours sur la terre sont comme l'ombre, et il n'y a point d'espérance.

KJV

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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