Job 26:6
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
7By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
Cross References
Job 11:8They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
Job 31:12It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
Psalms 88:10\88:9\My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.
Psalms 139:11If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;
Isaiah 14:9The underworld is moved at your coming: the shades of the dead are awake before you, even the strong ones of the earth; all the kings of the world have got up from their seats.
Hebrews 4:13And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
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 →