Job 26:6
Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
In Context
5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
7He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
Cross References
Job 11:8It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than hell; what can you know?
Job 31:12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Psalms 88:10Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah.
Psalms 139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Isaiah 14:9Hell from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Hebrews 4:13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. (o. logos)
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 →