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It is often used to convey ideas of protection, transience, and the presence of God. The term appears in various contexts throughout the Scriptures, each offering a unique perspective on its spiritual implications.<br><br><b>Protection and Refuge</b><br><br>One of the most prominent uses of "shadow" in the Bible is to symbolize divine protection and refuge. In <a href="/psalms/91.htm">Psalm 91:1</a>, the psalmist declares, "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty." Here, the "shadow of the Almighty" represents a place of safety and security, where believers find solace under God's protective care. This imagery is further echoed in <a href="/psalms/121-5.htm">Psalm 121:5</a>, where it is written, "The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand."<br><br><b>Transience and Impermanence</b><br><br>The shadow also serves as a metaphor for the fleeting nature of human life. In <a href="/job/14-2.htm">Job 14:2</a>, the brevity of life is poignantly captured: "He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure." Similarly, in <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:12</a>, the Preacher reflects on the ephemeral nature of existence: "For who knows what is good for a man during his few days of life, which pass like a shadow?" These passages remind believers of the temporal nature of earthly life and the importance of focusing on eternal truths.<br><br><b>Divine Presence and Guidance</b><br><br>In addition to protection and transience, shadows can also signify the presence and guidance of God. In the Old Testament, the pillar of cloud that led the Israelites through the wilderness provided shade by day, symbolizing God's constant presence and guidance (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21</a>). This divine shadow offered both physical relief and spiritual assurance to the people of Israel.<br><br><b>Foreshadowing and Typology</b><br><br>The concept of shadow is also employed in a typological sense, where Old Testament events and rituals are seen as "shadows" of New Testament realities. In <a href="/colossians/2-17.htm">Colossians 2:17</a>, Paul writes, "These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ." Here, the apostle refers to the ceremonial laws and practices as precursors to the fulfillment found in Jesus Christ. The shadow points to a greater reality, emphasizing the continuity and fulfillment of God's redemptive plan through Christ.<br><br><b>Judgment and Darkness</b><br><br>Conversely, shadows can also represent judgment and darkness. In passages like <a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Amos 5:8</a>, where it is said, "He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night," the shadow is associated with God's sovereign power over creation, including His ability to bring about judgment. The imagery of shadow in this context serves as a reminder of God's authority and the seriousness of His judgments.<br><br>In summary, the biblical use of "shadow" encompasses a wide range of meanings, from divine protection and the fleeting nature of life to the presence of God and the foreshadowing of Christ's redemptive work. Each occurrence invites believers to reflect on their relationship with God and the deeper spiritual truths conveyed through this evocative imagery.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Shadow</span><p>Sometimes denotes intense darkness and gloom, <a href="/context/psalms/23-4.htm">Psalm 23:4</a>, and sometimes a cool retreat, <a href="/context/isaiah/33-2.htm">Isaiah 33:2</a>, or perfect protection, <a href="/psalms/17-8.htm">Psalm 17:8</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-2.htm">Isaiah 49:2</a> <a href="/daniel/4-12.htm">Daniel 4:12</a>. </p><p>The long shadows cast by the declining sun are alluded to in <a href="/job/7-2.htm">Job 7:2</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Jeremiah 6:4</a>. The swift, never ceasing motion of a shadow is an emblem of human life, <a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15</a> <a href="/psalms/102-11.htm">Psalm 102:11</a>. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Used in <a href="/colossians/2-17.htm">Colossians 2:17</a>; <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a>;<a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm"> 10:1</a> to denote the typical relation of the Jewish to the Christian dispensation. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See Shade.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) Darkness; shade; obscurity.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.<p>8. (<I>n.</I>) A small degree; a shade.<p>9. (<I>n.</I>) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.<p>10. (<I>n.</I>) To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspread with obscurity.<p>11. (<I>n.</I>) To conceal; to hide; to screen.<p>12. (<I>n.</I>) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.<p>13. (<I>n.</I>) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.<p>14. (<I>n.</I>) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.<p>15. (<I>n.</I>) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.<p>16. (<I>n.</I>) To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SHADE; SHADOW; SHADOWING</span><p>shad, shad'-o, shad'-o-ing (tsel; skia): A shadow is any obscuration of the light and heat with the form of the intervening object, obscurely projected, constantly changing and passing away. "Shadow" is used literally of a roof (<a href="/genesis/19-8.htm">Genesis 19:8</a>), of mountains (<a href="/judges/9-36.htm">Judges 9:36</a>), of trees (<a href="/judges/9-15.htm">Judges 9:15</a>, etc.), of wings (<a href="/psalms/17-8.htm">Psalm 17:8</a>, etc.), of a cloud (<a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Isaiah 25:5</a>), of a great rock (<a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm">Isaiah 32:2</a>), of a man (Peter, <a href="/acts/5-15.htm">Acts 5:15</a>), of the shadow on the dial (<a href="/2_kings/20-9.htm">2 Kings 20:9</a>, etc.), of Jonah's gourd (<a href="/jonah/4-5.htm">Jonah 4:5 f</a>). It is used also figuratively<br><br>(1) of shelter and protection (of man, <a href="/genesis/19-8.htm">Genesis 19:8</a> <a href="/songs/2-3.htm">Songs 2:3</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3</a>, etc.; of God, <a href="/psalms/36-7.htm">Psalm 36:7</a>; <a href="/psalms/91-1.htm">Psalm 91:1</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-6.htm">Isaiah 4:6</a>, etc.);<br><br>(2) of anything fleeting or transient, as of the days of man's life on earth (<a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15</a> <a href="/job/8-9.htm">Job 8:9</a> <a href="/psalms/109-23.htm">Psalm 109:23</a>);<br><br>(3) with the idea of obscurity or imperfection (in <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1</a>, of the Law; compare <a href="/colossians/2-17.htm">Colossians 2:17</a>);<br><br>(4) of darkness, gloom; see SHADOW OF DEATH.<br><br>In <a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a>, we have in the King James Version, "the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning" (aposkiasma); the Revised Version (British and American) "shadow that is cast by turning"; the reference is to the unchangeableness of God as contrasted with the changes of the heavenly bodies. the Revised Version (British and American) has "of the rustling of wings" for "shadowing with wings" in <a href="/isaiah/18-1.htm">Isaiah 18:1</a>; the American Standard Revised Version has "shade" for "shadow" in various places (<a href="/judges/9-15.htm">Judges 9:15</a> <a href="/job/40-22.htm">Job 40:22</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-6.htm">Isaiah 4:6</a>, etc.). In <a href="/job/40-21.htm">Job 40:21, 22</a>, for "shady trees" the Revised Version (British and American) has "lotus-trees."<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><span class="encheading">SHADOW OF DEATH</span><p>(tsalmaweth): The Hebrew word translated "shadow of death" is used poetically for thick darkness (<a href="/job/3-5.htm">Job 3:5</a>), as descriptive of Sheol (<a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21</a>; <a href="/job/12-22.htm">Job 12:22</a>; <a href="/job/38-17.htm">Job 38:17</a>); figuratively of deep distress (<a href="/job/12-22.htm">Job 12:22</a>; <a href="/job/16-16.htm">Job 16:16</a>; <a href="/job/24-17.htm">Job 24:17</a>; <a href="/job/28-3.htm">Job 28:3</a>; <a href="/job/34-22.htm">Job 34:22</a> (in the last three passages the American Standard Revised Version has "thick darkness" and "thick gloom"); <a href="/psalms/23-4.htm">Psalm 23:4</a>, the Revised Version margin "deep darkness (and so elsewhere)"; 44:19:00; 107:10, 14; <a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Isaiah 9:2</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm">Jeremiah 2:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Jeremiah 13:16</a> <a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Amos 5:8</a> <a href="/matthew/4-16.htm">Matthew 4:16</a> <a href="/luke/1-79.htm">Luke 1:79</a>, skia thanatou). The Hebrew word is perhaps composed of tsel, "shadow," and maweth, "death," and the idea of "the valley of the shadow of death" was most probably derived from the deep ravines, darkened by over-hanging briars, etc., through which the shepherd had sometimes to lead or drive his sheep to new and better pastures.<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/644.htm"><span class="l">644. aposkiasma -- a <b>shadow</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>shadow</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: aposkiasma Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ap-os-kee'-as-mah) Short Definition: a <b>shadow</b>, a faint image or copy <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/644.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4639.htm"><span class="l">4639. skia -- <b>shadow</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>shadow</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: skia Phonetic Spelling:<br> (skee'-ah) Short Definition: a <b>shadow</b>, thick darkness, an outline Definition: a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4639.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1982.htm"><span class="l">1982. episkiazo -- to overshadow</span></a> <br><b>...</b> envelop. 1982 (from 1909 , "upon" and , "to cast shade") -- properly, to<br> cast a <b>shadow</b> ; , which leaves a natural (apt) result. 1982 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1982.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2683.htm"><span class="l">2683. kataskiazo -- to overshadow</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to overshadow. From kata and a derivative of skia; to overshade, ie Cover -- <b>shadow</b>.<br> see GREEK kata. see GREEK skia. (kataskiazonta) -- 1 Occurrence. 2682, 2683 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2683.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1504.htm"><span class="l">1504. eikon -- an image, ie lit. statue, fig. representation</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Trench). 1504 () then is more than a "<b>shadow</b>"; rather it is a (FF Bruce, ,<br> 226; see also Lightfoot at Col 3:10 and 2:21). Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1504.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6757.htm"><span class="l">6757. tsalmaveth -- death-like <b>shadow</b>, deep <b>shadow</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6756b, 6757. tsalmaveth. 6758 . death-like <b>shadow</b>, deep <b>shadow</b>. Transliteration:<br> tsalmaveth Phonetic Spelling: (tsal-maw'-veth) Short Definition: darkness. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6757.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6738.htm"><span class="l">6738. tsel -- a <b>shadow</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6737, 6738. tsel. 6739 . a <b>shadow</b>. Transliteration: tsel Phonetic Spelling:<br> (tsale) Short Definition: <b>shadow</b>. Word Origin from tsalal <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6738.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6752.htm"><span class="l">6752. tselel -- <b>shadow</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 6751, 6752. tselel. 6753 . <b>shadow</b>. Transliteration: tselel Phonetic Spelling:<br> (tsay'-lel) Short Definition: <b>shadow</b>. <b>...</b> <b>shadow</b> From tsalal; shade -- <b>shadow</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6752.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1212.htm"><span class="l">1212. Betsalel -- "in the <b>shadow</b> (protection) of El," two <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Betsalel. 1213 . "in the <b>shadow</b> (protection) of El," two Israelites. Transliteration:<br> Betsalel Phonetic Spelling: (bets-al-ale') Short Definition: Bezalel. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1212.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2927.htm"><span class="l">2927. telal -- to have shade</span></a><br><b>...</b> have a <b>shadow</b>. (Aramaic) corresponding to talal; to cover with shade -- have a <b>shadow</b>.<br> see HEBREW talal. 2926, 2927. telal. 2928 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2927.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/borthwick/hymns_from_the_land_of_luther/shadow_and_substance.htm"><span class="l"><b>Shadow</b> and Substance.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>SHADOW</b> AND SUBSTANCE. <b>SHADOW</b> AND SUBSTANCE. 8,8,8,4,8. "But the word of<br> the Lord endureth forever. And this is the word which by <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../borthwick/hymns from the land of luther/shadow and substance.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/till_he_come/under_his_shadow.htm"><span class="l">Under his <b>Shadow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> UNDER HIS <b>SHADOW</b>. <b>...</b> TO ABOUT A SCORE BRETHREN."He that dwelleth in the secret place<br> of the most High shall abide under the <b>shadow</b> of the Almighty.""Psalm 91:1. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till he come/under his shadow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/rhees/the_life_of_jesus_of_nazareth/viii_the_shadow_of_death.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Shadow</b> of Death</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part II. The Ministry VIII The <b>Shadow</b> of Death. 196. Of the garden of<br> Gethsemane it is only known that it was across the Kidron, on <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/viii the shadow of death.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_suso_and_others/the_shadow_of_his_wings.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Shadow</b> of his Wings</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>Shadow</b> of His Wings. Gerhard Ter Steegen Psalm 4:8. The evening comes, the sun<br> is sunk and gone,. And all things lie in stillness and in rest; <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/the shadow of his wings.htm</font><p><a href="/library/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_20_the_valley_of.htm"><span class="l">The Valley of the <b>Shadow</b> of Death.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> III. CONFLICT. Hymn 20 The valley of the <b>shadow</b> of death. William Cowper 8,8,8,8.<br> The valley of the <b>shadow</b> of death. My soul is sad and much dismayed; <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 20 the valley of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_ccxxx_the_valley_of.htm"><span class="l">The Valley of the <b>Shadow</b> of Death. --Psalm xxiii. 4</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCXXX. The Valley of the <b>Shadow</b> of Death."Psalm xxiii. 4.<br> 7.7.7.7 James Montgomery. The Valley of the <b>Shadow</b> of Death."Psalm 23:4. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn ccxxx the valley of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/april_the_first_the_shadow.htm"><span class="l">April the First the <b>Shadow</b> of the Cross</span></a> <br><b>...</b> APRIL The First THE <b>SHADOW</b> OF THE CROSS. LUKE xxiii.33-47. Look at our Lord<br> in relation to His foes. "Father, forgive them; for they <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jowett/my daily meditation for the circling year/april the first the shadow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/sins_healing_shadow.htm"><span class="l">Sin's Healing <b>Shadow</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Sacrifice Sin's Healing <b>Shadow</b>. Sacrifice has come to be a law of life. <b>...</b> And<br> so there is sacrifice. Sacrifice is sin's healing <b>shadow</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/sins healing shadow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bevan/three_friends_of_god/chapter_li_the_dark_shadow.htm"><span class="l">The Dark <b>Shadow</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER LI THE DARK <b>SHADOW</b>. WE have seen one side of this marvellous picture " the<br> side upon which shone forth the grace and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bevan/three friends of god/chapter li the dark shadow.htm</font><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/182__the_visible_world.htm"><span class="l">The visible World a <b>Shadow</b> of the Invisible.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> RELIGION OF NATURE. 182. " The Visible World a <b>Shadow</b> of the Invisible. 182.<br> LM6l. Heber. The Visible World a <b>Shadow</b> of the Invisible. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/182 the visible world.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/shadow.htm"><span class="l"><b>Shadow</b> (72 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing<br> the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the <b>shadow</b> of a <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shadow.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shade.htm"><span class="l">Shade (67 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (n.) <b>Shadow</b>. <b>...</b> 14. (vt) To mark with gradations of light or color. 15. (vt) To present<br> a <b>shadow</b> or image of; to <b>shadow</b> forth; to represent. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shade.htm - 31k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shadowing.htm"><span class="l">Shadowing (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of <b>Shadow</b>. 2. (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color;<br> shading. <b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SHADE; <b>SHADOW</b>; SHADOWING. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shadowing.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dial.htm"><span class="l">Dial (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The ma'aloth was probably stairs on which the <b>shadow</b> of a column or obelisk<br> placed on the top fell. The <b>shadow</b> would cover a greater <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dial.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gloom.htm"><span class="l">Gloom (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NAS RSV). Job 3:5 Let darkness and the <b>shadow</b> of death claim it for their own.<br> Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gloom.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shadows.htm"><span class="l">Shadows (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> James 1:17 every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down<br> from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or <b>shadow</b> of turning <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shadows.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/degrees.htm"><span class="l">Degrees (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD<br> will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the <b>shadow</b> go forward ten <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/degrees.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/type.htm"><span class="l">Type (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> One is "<b>shadow</b>" (skia, Hebrews 10:1), "For the law having a <b>shadow</b> of the good things<br> to come"-as if the substance or reality that was still future cast its <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/type.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shelter.htm"><span class="l">Shelter (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come<br> under the <b>shadow</b> of my roof." (See NAS RSV). Exodus 9:19 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shelter.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/backward.htm"><span class="l">Backward (39 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See JPS YLT). 2 Kings 20:10 Hezekiah answered, "It is a light thing for<br> the <b>shadow</b> to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the <b>shadow</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/backward.htm - 18k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Peter-shadow.html">What was in the shadow of Peter that healed people (Acts 5:15-16)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/valley-shadow-death.html">What does it mean to walk through the valley of the shadow of death? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/immutability-God.html">What is the immutability of God? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/shadow.htm">Shadow: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Shadow (72 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/4-16.htm">Matthew 4:16</a></span><br />the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, to them light has dawned."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/4-32.htm">Mark 4:32</a></span><br />yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/1-79.htm">Luke 1:79</a></span><br />to shine on those who sit in darkness and the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace." <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-15.htm">Acts 5:15</a></span><br />They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> might overshadow some of them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/2-17.htm">Colossians 2:17</a></span><br />which are a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of the things to come; but the body is Christ's. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a></span><br />who serve a copy and <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1</a></span><br />For the law, having a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/1-17.htm">James 1:17</a></span><br />Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/19-8.htm">Genesis 19:8</a></span><br />See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of my roof."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/9-15.htm">Judges 9:15</a></span><br />And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/9-36.htm">Judges 9:36</a></span><br />When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains." Zebul said to him, "You see the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of the mountains as if they were men."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/20-9.htm">2 Kings 20:9</a></span><br />Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/20-10.htm">2 Kings 20:10</a></span><br />Hezekiah answered, "It is a light thing for the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/20-11.htm">2 Kings 20:11</a></span><br />Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm">1 Chronicles 29:15</a></span><br />For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>, and there is no abiding.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/3-5.htm">Job 3:5</a></span><br />Let darkness and the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/7-2.htm">Job 7:2</a></span><br />As a servant who earnestly desires the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>, as a hireling who looks for his wages,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/8-9.htm">Job 8:9</a></span><br />(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>.)<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21</a></span><br />before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/10-22.htm">Job 10:22</a></span><br />the land dark as midnight, of the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/12-22.htm">Job 12:22</a></span><br />He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/14-2.htm">Job 14:2</a></span><br />He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>, and doesn't continue.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/16-16.htm">Job 16:16</a></span><br />My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death;<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/17-7.htm">Job 17:7</a></span><br />My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm">Job 24:17</a></span><br />For the morning is to them even as the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/28-3.htm">Job 28:3</a></span><br />He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/34-22.htm">Job 34:22</a></span><br />There is no darkness, nor <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/38-17.htm">Job 38:17</a></span><br />Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death? <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/40-22.htm">Job 40:22</a></span><br />The shady trees cover him with their <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>; the willows of the brook compass him about. <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS WBS YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/17-8.htm">Psalms 17:8</a></span><br />Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of your wings,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/23-4.htm">Psalms 23:4</a></span><br />Even though I walk through the valley of the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/36-7.htm">Psalms 36:7</a></span><br />How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of your wings.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/39-6.htm">Psalms 39:6</a></span><br />"Surely every man walks like a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/44-19.htm">Psalms 44:19</a></span><br />Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/57-1.htm">Psalms 57:1</a></span><br />For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/63-7.htm">Psalms 63:7</a></span><br />For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of your wings. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/80-10.htm">Psalms 80:10</a></span><br />The mountains were covered with its <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>. Its boughs were like God's cedars. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/91-1.htm">Psalms 91:1</a></span><br />He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of the Almighty. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/102-11.htm">Psalms 102:11</a></span><br />My days are like a long <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>. I have withered like grass. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-10.htm">Psalms 107:10</a></span><br />Some sat in darkness and in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, being bound in affliction and iron,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-14.htm">Psalms 107:14</a></span><br />He brought them out of darkness and the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/109-23.htm">Psalms 109:23</a></span><br />I fade away like an evening <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>. I am shaken off like a locust. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm">Psalms 144:4</a></span><br />Man is like a breath. His days are like a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> that passes away. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:12</a></span><br />For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:13</a></span><br />But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>; because he doesn't fear God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm">Song of Songs 2:3</a></span><br />As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/4-6.htm">Isaiah 4:6</a></span><br />And there shall be a tabernacle for a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/9-2.htm">Isaiah 9:2</a></span><br />The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, on them the light has shined.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">Isaiah 16:3</a></span><br />Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/25-4.htm">Isaiah 25:4</a></span><br />For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Isaiah 25:5</a></span><br />Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-2.htm">Isaiah 30:2</a></span><br />who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of Egypt!<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-3.htm">Isaiah 30:3</a></span><br />Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and the refuge in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of Egypt your confusion.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm">Isaiah 32:2</a></span><br />And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of a great rock in a weary land.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/34-15.htm">Isaiah 34:15</a></span><br />There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">Isaiah 38:8</a></span><br />Behold, I will cause the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down."'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/49-2.htm">Isaiah 49:2</a></span><br />and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of his hand has he hid me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close: <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/51-16.htm">Isaiah 51:16</a></span><br />I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion,'You are my people.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm">Jeremiah 2:6</a></span><br />Neither said they, Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Jeremiah 13:16</a></span><br />Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death, and makes it gross darkness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-45.htm">Jeremiah 48:45</a></span><br />Those who fled stand without strength under the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-20.htm">Lamentations 4:20</a></span><br />The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> we shall live among the nations.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Ezekiel 17:23</a></span><br />In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of the branches thereof shall they dwell.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/31-6.htm">Ezekiel 31:6</a></span><br />All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> lived all great nations. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/31-12.htm">Ezekiel 31:12</a></span><br />Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>, and have left him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/31-17.htm">Ezekiel 31:17</a></span><br />They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, that lived under his <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> in the midst of the nations.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/4-12.htm">Daniel 4:12</a></span><br />The leaves of it were beautiful, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all: the animals of the field had <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a></span><br />They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/14-7.htm">Hosea 14:7</a></span><br />They that dwell under his <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Amos 5:8</a></span><br />seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jonah/4-5.htm">Jonah 4:5</a></span><br />So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the <span class="boldtext">shadow</span>, till he might see what would become of the city.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6</a></span><br />And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a <span class="boldtext">shadow</span> over his head, to deliver him from his grief. 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