Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5Those who are deceased tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants of it.
7He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
Cross References
Job 11:8It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?
Job 31:12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
Psalms 88:10Will thou show wonders to the dead? Shall those who are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psalms 139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light around me shall be night,
Isaiah 14:9Sheol from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming. It stirs up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.
Matthew Henry on Job 26:6-14
The Wisdom and Power of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11… Read the whole commentary →