Job 26:6
The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.
7He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
Cross References
Job 11:8He is higher than heaven, and what will you do? He is deeper than hell, but how will you know?
Job 31:12It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth.
Psalms 88:10You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves.
Psalms 139:11Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.
Isaiah 14:9Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.”
Hebrews 4:13And there is no created thing that is invisible to his sight. For all things are naked and open to the eyes of him, about whom we are speaking.
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 →