Job 26:6
Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
7He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Cross References
Job 11:8He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do ? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?
Job 31:12It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
Psalms 88:10my eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.
Isaiah 14:9Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations.
Hebrews 4:13Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.
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 →