Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
7He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
Cross References
Job 11:8They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
Job 31:12for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
Psalms 88:10Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
Psalms 139:11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
Isaiah 14:9Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Hebrews 4:13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an 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 →