Job 26:6
Good News Translation
The world of the dead lies open to God; no covering shields it from his sight.

New Revised Standard Version
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Contemporary English Version
Nothing in that land of death and destruction is hidden from God,

New American Bible
Naked before him is Sheol, and Abaddon has no covering.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.

Hell

Job 11:8 He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?

Psalm 139:8,11 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. . . .

Proverbs 15:11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

Isaiah 14:9 Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations.

Amos 9:2 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said: Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shook: for there is covetousness in the head of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall be no flight for them: they shall flee, and he that shall flee of them shall not be delivered.

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

destruction

Job 28:22 Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

Psalm 88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?

Context
Job: Who Can Understand God's Majesty?
5Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them. 6Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.7He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.…
Cross References
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Revelation 9:11
A king, the angel of the bottomless pit (whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, in Latin Exterminans).

Job 3:13
For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:

Job 9:5
Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.

Job 11:8
He is higher than heaven, and what wilt thou do? he is deeper than hell, and how wilt thou know?

Job 28:22
Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.

Job 31:12
It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.

Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors?

Job 41:11
Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

Psalm 139:8
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

Proverbs 15:11
Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

Daniel 2:22
He revealeth deep and hidden things, and knoweth what is in darkness: and light is with him.

Job 26:5
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