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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Backward</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/b/backward.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/luke/17-31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/b/backward.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Backward</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/b/backstabber.htm" title="Backstabber">◄</a> Backward <a href="/topical/b/backwards.htm" title="Backwards">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>The term "backward" in the Bible often conveys a sense of regression, reluctance, or turning away from God and His commandments. It is used both literally and metaphorically to describe physical movement as well as spiritual and moral decline.<br><br>1. <b>Literal Movement</b>: In its literal sense, "backward" can refer to physical movement or positioning. For example, in the context of battle or confrontation, moving backward can indicate retreat or defeat. This physical retreat can symbolize a lack of faith or courage in the face of adversity.<br><br>2. <b>Spiritual and Moral Decline</b>: More frequently, "backward" is used metaphorically to describe a spiritual or moral turning away from God. In <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a>, the prophet laments the state of Israel, saying, "Oh, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are utterly estranged." This estrangement is often depicted as a backward movement, away from the covenant relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b>Resistance to God's Call</b>: The concept of being "backward" can also imply resistance or stubbornness in responding to God's call. In <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a>, the prophet describes the people's refusal to listen to God: "Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward." Here, "backward" signifies a deliberate choice to reject divine guidance and pursue one's own path.<br><br>4. <b>Consequences of Turning Back</b>: The Bible warns of the consequences of turning backward, away from God. In <a href="/luke/9-62.htm">Luke 9:62</a>, Jesus emphasizes the importance of commitment to the Kingdom of God: "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." This imagery underscores the necessity of steadfastness and the dangers of spiritual regression.<br><br>5. <b>Repentance and Restoration</b>: Despite the negative connotations of moving backward, the Bible also offers hope for repentance and restoration. The call to return to God is a recurring theme, inviting those who have turned away to seek forgiveness and renewal. In <a href="/hosea/14.htm">Hosea 14:1</a>, the prophet urges, "Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity."<br><br>In summary, the concept of "backward" in the Bible serves as a powerful metaphor for spiritual and moral decline, resistance to God's will, and the consequences of turning away from Him. It also highlights the hope of redemption through repentance and a renewed commitment to following God's path.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>adv.</I>) Alt. of Backwards.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.<p>3. (<I>a.</I>) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.<p>4. (<I>a.</I>) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.<p>5. (<I>a.</I>) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.<p>6. (<I>a.</I>) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.<p>7. (<I>a.</I>) Already past or gone; bygone.<p>8. (<I>n.</I>) The state behind or past.<p>9. (<I>v. i.</I>) To keep back; to hinder.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3636.htm"><span class="l">3636. okneros -- shrinking, timid, hence idle, lazy, troublesome</span></a> <br><b>...</b> lazy, troublesome. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: okneros Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ok-nay-ros') Short Definition: slothful, <b>backward</b> Definition: slothful <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3636.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1519.htm"><span class="l">1519. eis -- to or into (indicating the point reached or entered <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> toward (23), until (4), view (3), why* (4). against, among, as, at, <b>backward</b>,<br> before. A primary preposition; to or into (indicating <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1519.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3694.htm"><span class="l">3694. opiso -- back, behind, after</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 3), behind (5), follow (2), follow* (2), withdrew* (1). after, <b>backward</b>,<br> behind. From the same as opisthen with enclitic of direction <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3694.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/846.htm"><span class="l">846. autos -- (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> From the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of aer through the idea of a baffling<br> wind) (<b>backward</b>); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/846.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/126.htm"><span class="l">126. aidios -- everlasting</span></a> <br><b>...</b> eternal, everlasting. From aei; everduring (forward and <b>backward</b>, or forward only) --<br> eternal, everlasting. see GREEK aei. (aidiois) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/126.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/318a.htm"><span class="l">318a. acharay -- (a man) that turns <b>backward</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 318, 318a. acharay. 318b . (a man) that turns <b>backward</b>. Transliteration:<br> acharay Short Definition: afterward. Word Origin from achar <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/318a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/318.htm"><span class="l">318. ochoreyn -- (a man) that turns <b>backward</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 317, 318. ochoreyn. 318a . (a man) that turns <b>backward</b>. Transliteration: ochoreyn<br> Phonetic Spelling: (okh-or-ane') Short Definition: last. at last <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/318.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/322.htm"><span class="l">322. achorannith -- backwards</span></a><br><b>...</b> 321, 322. achorannith. 323 . backwards. Transliteration: achorannith Phonetic<br> Spelling: (akh-o-ran-neeth') Short Definition: <b>backward</b>. Word Origin prol. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/322.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/268.htm"><span class="l">268. achor -- the hind side, back part</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from achar Definition the hind side, back part NASB Word Usage afterward<br> (1), away (1), back (22), backs (1), <b>backward</b> (7), behind (1), hereafter (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/268.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm"><span class="l">7725. shub -- to turn back, return</span></a><br><b>...</b> send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make<br> to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, <b>backward</b>, from, off <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7725.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_john/tractate_cxii_john_chapter_xviii.htm"><span class="l">John Chapter xviii. 1-12.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> As soon then as He had said unto them, I am He, they went <b>backward</b>, and fell to<br> the ground." Where now were the military cohort, and the servants of the chief <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate cxii john chapter xviii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macdonald/miracles_of_our_lord/x_miracles_of_destruction.htm"><span class="l">Miracles of Destruction.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Pharisees" came to take him, and "Jesus went forth and said unto them, Whom seek<br> ye?" and in reply to theirs, had said "I am he, they went <b>backward</b> and fell to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macdonald/miracles of our lord/x miracles of destruction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_lxx.htm"><span class="l">Psalm LXX.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4. "Let them be turned away <b>backward</b> and blush that think evil things to me"<br> (ver.2). At first there was the assault of them persecuting, now there hath <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxx.htm</font><p><a href="/library/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_ii_that_which_was.htm"><span class="l">"That which was from the Beginning,"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But the abuse is, that men go not far enough <b>backward</b> in the steps of antiquity,<br> that is, to the most ancient rule, and profession, and practice of truth in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon ii that which was.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watson/a_divine_cordial/the_best_things_work_for.htm"><span class="l">The Best Things Work for Good to the Godly</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Lord made the sun on Ahaz's dial go ten degrees <b>backward</b>: so when our outward<br> comforts are declining, and the sun is almost setting, God often causes a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a divine cordial/the best things work for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/murray/the_masters_indwelling/iv_entrance_into_rest.htm"><span class="l">Entrance into Rest.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> What are the points of difference? In the wilderness, wandering for forty years,<br> <b>backward</b> and forward; in Canaan, perfect rest in the land that God gave them. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the masters indwelling/iv entrance into rest.htm</font><p><a href="/library/stead/king_of_the_jews/chapter_x_conclusion.htm"><span class="l">Conclusion.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I awoke shortly after midnight, after seeing the Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau,<br> with these words floating <b>backward</b> and forward in my head like a peal of bells <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/stead/king of the jews/chapter x conclusion.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dods/the_expositors_bible_the_gospel_of_st_john_vol_ii/xvii_the_arrest.htm"><span class="l">The Arrest.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And Judas also, which betrayed Him, was standing with them. When therefore He said<br> unto them, I am He, they went <b>backward</b>, and fell to the ground. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../dods/the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol ii/xvii the arrest.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/prayer_answered_love_nourished.htm"><span class="l">Prayer Answered, Love Nourished</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Yet nevertheless the Christian may do well sometimes to look <b>backward</b>; he may look<br> back to the hole of the pit and the miry clay whence he was digged"the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/prayer answered love nourished.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_29_the_ambassadors_from.htm"><span class="l">The Ambassadors from Babylon</span></a> <br><b>...</b> or go back ten degrees?" "It is a light thing," Hezekiah replied, "for the shadow<br> to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return <b>backward</b> ten degrees.". <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 29 the ambassadors from.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/backward.htm"><span class="l"><b>Backward</b> (39 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (adv.) Alt. of Backwards. 2. (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, <b>backward</b><br> glances. <b>...</b> 5. (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a <b>backward</b> season. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/backward.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rock.htm"><span class="l">Rock (176 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8. (vt) To cause to sway <b>backward</b> and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath;<br> as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rock.htm - 49k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/backwards.htm"><span class="l">Backwards (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride <b>backward</b>. 2. (adv.)<br> Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms <b>backward</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/backwards.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/back.htm"><span class="l">Back (5096 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 15. (a.) Moving or operating <b>backward</b>; as, back action. 16. <b>...</b> 18. (vi) To drive or<br> force <b>backward</b>; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen. 19. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/back.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/degrees.htm"><span class="l">Degrees (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 20:10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down<br> ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return <b>backward</b> ten degrees. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/degrees.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dial.htm"><span class="l">Dial (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten<br> steps: nay, but let the shadow return <b>backward</b> ten steps. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dial.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lapse.htm"><span class="l">Lapse (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (vi) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, <b>backward</b>, or away; to slip downward,<br><b>backward</b>, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lapse.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reverse.htm"><span class="l">Reverse (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (a.) Turned <b>backward</b>; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite<br> or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reverse.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/behind.htm"><span class="l">Behind (188 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; <b>backward</b>; as, to look behind. 6 <b>...</b><br> 7. (adv.) <b>Backward</b> in time or order of succession; past. 8 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/behind.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/blush.htm"><span class="l">Blush (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> YLT). Psalms 35:4 They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned<br><b>backward</b> and confounded, Those devising my evil. (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blush.htm - 11k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/backmasking.html">Can backmasking hidden in a song be spiritually dangerous? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/how-to-get-baptized.html">What does the Bible say about how to get baptized / how to baptize? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/curse-Ham-Canaan.html">Why did Noah curse Ham / Canaan? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/backward.htm">Backward: 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">Backward (39 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-31.htm">Luke 17:31</a></span><br />in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn <span class="boldtext">backward</span>;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/6-66.htm">John 6:66</a></span><br />From this 'time' many of his disciples went away <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, and were no more walking with him,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-6.htm">John 18:6</a></span><br />When therefore he said to them, "I am he," they went <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, and fell to the ground.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/20-14.htm">John 20:14</a></span><br />Having said these things she turned <span class="boldtext">backward</span> and beholds Jesus standing there, and knew not that it was Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/9-23.htm">Genesis 9:23</a></span><br />Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-17.htm">Genesis 49:17</a></span><br />Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls <span class="boldtext">backward</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/4-18.htm">1 Samuel 4:18</a></span><br />It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat <span class="boldtext">backward</span> by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm">2 Samuel 1:22</a></span><br />From the blood of the wounded, From the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan Hath not turned <span class="boldtext">backward</span>; And the sword of Saul doth not return empty.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-37.htm">1 Kings 18:37</a></span><br />Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS YLT)</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 shadow to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return <span class="boldtext">backward</span> ten steps."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</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 shadow ten steps <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/23-8.htm">Job 23:8</a></span><br />Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, but I cannot perceive him:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/9-3.htm">Psalms 9:3</a></span><br />In mine enemies turning <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, they stumble and perish from Thy face.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/16-4.htm">Psalms 16:4</a></span><br />Multiplied are their griefs, 'Who' have hastened <span class="boldtext">backward</span>; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/35-4.htm">Psalms 35:4</a></span><br />Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned <span class="boldtext">backward</span> and brought to confusion that devise my hurt: <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/40-14.htm">Psalms 40:14</a></span><br />Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned <span class="boldtext">backward</span> and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/44-10.htm">Psalms 44:10</a></span><br />Thou causest us to turn <span class="boldtext">backward</span> from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/44-18.htm">Psalms 44:18</a></span><br />We turn not <span class="boldtext">backward</span> our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/56-9.htm">Psalms 56:9</a></span><br />Then shall mine enemies return <span class="boldtext">backward</span> in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/70-2.htm">Psalms 70:2</a></span><br />Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/78-66.htm">Psalms 78:66</a></span><br />He struck his adversaries <span class="boldtext">backward</span>. He put them to a perpetual reproach. <br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/114-3.htm">Psalms 114:3</a></span><br />The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/114-5.htm">Psalms 114:5</a></span><br />What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back? <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/129-5.htm">Psalms 129:5</a></span><br />Let them be disappointed and turned <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, all those who hate Zion.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a></span><br />Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and <span class="boldtext">backward</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Isaiah 28:13</a></span><br />Therefore the word of Yahweh will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, be broken, be snared, and be taken.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">Isaiah 38:8</a></span><br />Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return <span class="boldtext">backward</span> 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)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-17.htm">Isaiah 42:17</a></span><br />Removed <span class="boldtext">backward</span> -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, 'Ye 'are' our gods.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Isaiah 44:25</a></span><br />who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, and makes their knowledge foolish;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">Isaiah 50:5</a></span><br />The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away <span class="boldtext">backward</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm">Isaiah 59:14</a></span><br />Justice is turned away <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a></span><br />But they didn't listen nor turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, and not forward.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6</a></span><br />You have rejected me, says Yahweh, you have gone <span class="boldtext">backward</span>: therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Jeremiah 46:5</a></span><br />Why have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned <span class="boldtext">backward</span>; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled apace, and don't look back: terror is on every side, says Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8</a></span><br />Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns <span class="boldtext">backward</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/1-13.htm">Lamentations 1:13</a></span><br />From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-3.htm">Lamentations 2:3</a></span><br />He hath cut off in the heat of anger every horn of Israel, He hath turned <span class="boldtext">backward</span> His right hand From the face of the enemy, And He burneth against Jacob as a flaming fire, It hath devoured round about.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/haggai/2-15.htm">Haggai 2:15</a></span><br />Now, please consider from this day and <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/haggai/2-18.htm">Haggai 2:18</a></span><br />'Consider, please, from this day and <span class="boldtext">backward</span>, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/backward.htm">Backward</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/backward.htm">Backward (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nakedness.htm">Nakedness (50 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/faces.htm">Faces (158 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shoulders.htm">Shoulders (38 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shem.htm">Shem (17 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/japheth.htm">Japheth (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shoulder.htm">Shoulder (72 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/walked.htm">Walked (178 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cover.htm">Cover (254 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/covered.htm">Covered (325 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/garment.htm">Garment (143 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/across.htm">Across (172 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/father's.htm">Father's (251 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/upper.htm">Upper (99 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wards.htm">Wards (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bacuth.htm">Bacuth (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shuttle.htm">Shuttle (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/halt.htm">Halt (12 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/b/backstabber.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Backstabber"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Backstabber" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/b/backwards.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Backwards"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Backwards" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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