1 Tawarikh 29:15

29:15 For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; ¹  our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security. ² 

Ayub 14:2

14:2 He grows up ³  like a flower and then withers away; ⁴ 

he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. ⁵ 

Mazmur 39:7

39:7 But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying?

You are my only hope! ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 18, 20).

² tn Or perhaps “hope.”

³ tn Heb יָצָא (yatsa’, “comes forth”). The perfect verb expresses characteristic action and so is translated by the present tense (see GKC 329 §111.s).

⁴ tn The verb וַיִּמָּל (vayyimmal) is from the root מָלַל (malal, “to languish; to wither”) and not from a different root מָלַל (malal, “to cut off”).

⁵ tn The verb is “and he does not stand.” Here the verb means “to stay fixed; to abide.” The shadow does not stay fixed, but continues to advance toward darkness.

⁶ tn Heb “my hope, for you it [is].”