Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
Cross References
Job 11:8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
Job 31:12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
Psalms 88:10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
Psalms 139:11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
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 →