'Shadow' in the Bible

Isaiah said, “This is the sign to you from the Lord that He will do what He has promised: Should the shadow go ahead 10 steps or go back 10 steps?”

Then Hezekiah answered, “It’s easy for the shadow to lengthen 10 steps. No, let the shadow go back 10 steps.”

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow back the 10 steps it had descended on Ahaz’s stairway.

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.Our days on earth are but a shadow.

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;he flees like a shadow and does not last.

My face has grown red with weeping,and darkness covers my eyes,

My eyes have grown dim from grief,and my whole body has become but a shadow.

For the morning is like darkness to them.Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!

Have the gates of death been revealed to you?Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Protect me as the pupil of Your eye;hide me in the shadow of Your wings

God, Your faithful love is so valuablethat people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,gathering possessionswithout knowing who will get them.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,for I take refuge in You.I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wingsuntil danger passes.

because You are my helper;I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

The one who lives under the protection of the Most Highdwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

My days are like a lengthening shadow,and I wither away like grass.

I fade away like a lengthening shadow;I am shaken off like a locust.

Man is like a breath;his days are like a passing shadow.

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.

They set out to go down to Egyptwithout asking My advice,in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protectionand take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame,and refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.

The sand partridge will make her nest there;she will lay and hatch her eggsand will gather her brood under her shadow.Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,each with its mate.

I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on Ahaz’s stairway go back by 10 steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back the 10 steps it had descended.

He made my words like a sharp sword;He hid me in the shadow of His hand.He made me like a sharpened arrow;He hid me in His quiver.

I have put My words in your mouth,and covered you in the shadow of My hand,in order to plant the heavens,to found the earth,and to say to Zion, “You are My people.”

Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon’s shadowbecause fire has come out from Heshbonand a flame from within Sihon.It will devour Moab’s foreheadand the skull of the noisemakers.

to shine on those who live in darknessand the shadow of death,to guide our feet into the way of peace.

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah.

These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.

Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the actual form of those realities, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.

Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.