Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;
7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
Cross References
Job 11:8[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
Job 31:12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Psalms 88:10Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psalms 139:11And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
Isaiah 14:9Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming, stirring up the dead for thee, all the he-goats of the earth; making to rise from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Hebrews 4:13And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things [are] naked and laid bare to his eyes, 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 →