Valley of the Shadow of Death
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."--Psalm 23 "Now, at the end of this valley was another, called the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and Christian must needs go through it, because the way to the Celestial City lay through the midst of it. Now, this valley is a very solitary place. The prophet Jeremiah thus describes it: "A wilderness, a land of deserts and of pits, a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, a land that no man" (but a Christian) "passed through, and where no man dwelt." [Jer. 2:6]"--The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) by John Bunyan As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death --Gangsta's Paradise (1995) by Coolio |
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Valley of the Shadow of Death is a symbolic description of the world, meaning darkness and death are (symbolic) valleys on earth one must walk through, that is, part of the human experience. By extension, it refers to a very dangerous place.
Valley of the Shadow of Death may refer to:
- The phrase as translated into English in the King James Bible version of Psalm 23
- The Valley of the Shadow of Death, as described in The Pilgrim's Progress by poet John Bunyan
- "Valley of the Shadow of Death", a 1978 single by Throbbin Gristle on D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
- "Valley of the Shadow of Death (Roger Fenton)", an 1855 war photograph by Roger Fenton
- The phrase is featured prominently in "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995)
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