Job 26:6
Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
7Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
Cross References
Job 11:8The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know?
Job 31:12Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.
Psalms 88:10For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? [Selah.]
Psalms 139:11If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me.
Isaiah 14:9Hades beneath, is excited about thee To meet thine arrival,—Rousing up, for thee Shades, All the he-goats of earth! Maketh rise from their thrones, All the kings of the nations.
Hebrews 4:13And there is, no created thing, can be secreted before him, but, all things, are naked and exposed to his eyes:—as to whom is, our discourse.
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 →