Job 26:6
The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Cross References
Job 11:8'Tis high as heaven, what canst thou do? Deeper than hell, what canst thou know?
Job 31:12Yea, it were a fire that would consume to destruction, And root out all my increase.
Psalms 88:10Canst thou show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise, and praise thee? [[Pause.]]
Psalms 139:11If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me;” Even the night shall be light about me.
Isaiah 14:9The under-world is in commotion on account of thee, To meet thee at thy coming; It stirreth up before thee the shades, all the mighty of the earth; It arouseth from their thrones all the kings of the nations;
Hebrews 4:13and there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and laid open to the eyes of him 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 →