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Job 26:6
6Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God, And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].
Job 26:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- New International Version (NIV)The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Sheol is naked before Him, And Destruction has no covering.
Context of Job 26:6
4To whom have you uttered [these] words? And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you? 5“The spirits of the dead tremble Underneath the waters and their inhabitants. Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God, And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes]. 7It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness And hangs the earth on nothing. 8He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], And the cloud does not burst under them.
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עָר֣וֹם שְׁא֣וֹל נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 26:6
- Job 11:8His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven. What can you do? It is deeper than Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead). What can you know?
- Psalms 139:8If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.
- Proverbs 15:11Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the place of eternal punishment) lie open before the Lord— How much more the hearts and inner motives of the children of men.
- Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is excited about you to meet you when you come [you tyrant of Babylon]; It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall].
- Amos 9:2Though they dig into Sheol [to hide in the deepest pit], From there My hand will take them [for judgment]; And though they climb up to heaven [to hide in the realm of light], From there will I bring them down [for judgment].
- Hebrews 4:13And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.
- Job 28:22Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say, ‘We have [only] heard a report of it with our ears.’
- Psalms 88:10Will You perform wonders for the dead? Shall the departed spirits arise and praise You? Selah.
Commentaries on Job 26:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Hell is naked before him - Sheol, the place of the dead, or of separate spirits, is always in his view. And there is no covering to Abaddon - the place of the destroyer, where destruction reigns, and where those dwell who are eternally separated from God. The ancients thought that hell or Tartarus was a vast space in the center, or at the very bottom of the earth. So Virgil, Aen. lib. vi., ver. 577: - - Tum Tartarus ipse Bis patet in praeceps tantum…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Hell - Hebrew שׁאול she'ôl Sheol; Greek ̔́ͅ Hadēs Hades. The reference is to the abode of departed spirits - the nether world where the dead were congregated; see the notes at Job 10:21-22. It does not mean here, as the word hell does with us, a place of punishment, but the place where all the dead were supposed to be gathered together. Is naked before him - That is, be looks directly upon that world. It is hidden from us, but not from him. He sees all…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Many striking instances are here given of the wisdom and power of God, in the creation and preservation of the world. If we look about us, to the earth and waters here below, we see his almighty power. If we consider hell beneath, though out of our sight, yet we may conceive the discoveries of God's power there. If we look up to heaven above, we see displays of God's almighty power. By his Spirit, the eternal Spirit that moved upon the face of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The Hebrew word, Sheol, is where all dead people go. It is beneath the waters. The Hebrew word, Abaddon, is the place where evil people go to their destruction.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-145-14. As before in the ninth and twelfth chapters, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends' inability to describe God's greatness, so now he describes it as manifested in hell (the world of the dead), Job 26:5, 6; on earth, Job 26:7; in the sky, Job 26:8-11; the sea, Job 26:12; the heavens, Job 26:13. Dead things are formed--Rather, "The souls of the dead (Rephaim) tremble." Not only does God's power exist, as Bildad says (Job 25:2), "in high…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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