Job 26:6
Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
7He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
Cross References
Job 11:8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know?
Job 31:12For it would be a fire that consumeth down to the place of corruption, and would root out all my products.
Psalms 88:10(88:11) Wilt thou display wonders to the dead? shall the departed arise [and] thank thee? Selah.
Psalms 139:11If I said, Surely darkness shall enshroud me, and into night [be turned] the light about me:
Isaiah 14:9The nether world from below is in motion concerning thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the departed for thee, all the chief ones of the earth; it hath caused to rise up from their thrones all the kings of nations.
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 →