valley of the shadow of death



valley of the shadow of death

A grim place where death is or seems imminent. This Biblical phrase comes from Psalm 23. Walking through that old, bombed-out neigborhood, Sam felt like he was in the valley of the shadow of death. I would never be able to march into the valley of the shadow of death like soldiers do.
See also: death, of, shadow, valley

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Stribog-Slavic Mythology
Li (2)-Hebrew
Tomlinson['tɔmlinsn]
LaurenȚIulow-REN-tsyooRomanian
Bendiks-Latvian
Diodotus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)