צֵּל

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.

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.

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.