Job 26:6
4 To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
- KJV
- Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- WEB
- Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
- ASV
- Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering.
- DARBY
- Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- BLB
- Naked [is] Sheol before Him, and there is no covering to Abaddon.
- ÅB
- Dødsriket ligger åpent for ham og avgrunnen uten dekke.
- OTB
- Dødsriket er blottlagt for Ham;
Abaddon er avdekket. - B1930
- Dødsriket ligger åpent for ham og avgrunnen uten dekke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 139:8
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
Read in contextProverbs 15:11
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
Read in contextHebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Read in contextAmos 9:2
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
Read in contextJob 28:22
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
Read in contextJob 41:11
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:9
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Read in contextPsalms 88:10
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
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