Job 26 · Verse 6

Job 26:6

Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Job 26:6, King James Version

Job 26:6 in other translations

BSBSheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
WEBSheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
ASVSheol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering.
YLTNaked is Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.
DARBYSheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
BBEThe underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.
WebsterHell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

What does Job 26:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 26:5-14

5-14. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Hell 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, tenditque sub umbras, Quantus ad aethereum coeli suspectus Olympum Hic genus antiquum terrae, Titania pubes, Fulmine dejecti, fundo volvuntur in imo. "Full twice as deep the dungeon of the fiends, The huge Tartarean gloomy gulf, descends Below these regions, as these regions lie From the bright realms of yon ethereal sky. Here roar the Titan race, th' enormous birth; The ancient offspring of the teeming earth. Pierced by the burning bolts of old they fell, And still roll bellowing in the depths of hell." Pitt. And some have supposed that there is an allusion to this opinion in the above passage, as well as in several others in the Old Testament; but it is not likely that the sacred writers would countenance an opinion that certainly has nothing in fact or philosophy to support it. Yet still a poet may avail himself of popular opinions.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 26:5-14

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…

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Job 26:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָר֣וֹםa.Rom[is] nakedH6174
שְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olSheolH7585
נֶגְדּ֑וֹneg.Dobefore himH5048
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand notH369
כְּ֝ס֗וּתke.Suta coveringH3682
לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן\׃La.'a.va.Don[belongs] to <the> AbaddonH11

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 26:6

  • Psalms 139:8

    If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

  • Proverbs 15:11

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

  • Hebrews 4:13

    Neither 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.

  • Amos 9:2

    Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

  • Job 28:22

    Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

  • Job 41:11

    Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

  • Isaiah 14:9

    Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

  • Psalms 88:10

    Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

  • Job 11:8

    It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

  • Psalms 139:11

    If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hell.
11:8; Ps 139:8,11; Pr 15:11; Isa 14:9; Am 9:2; Heb 4:13
destruction.
28:22; Ps 88:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 26:5

    Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

  • Job 26:6

    Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

  • Job 26:7

    He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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Job 26:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El sepulcro es descubierto delante de él, y el infierno no tiene cobertura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le shéol est à nu devant lui, et l’abîme n’a pas de voile.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Scheol ist nackt vor ihm, und keine Hülle hat der Abgrund.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nudus est infernus coram illo, et nullum est operimentum perditioni.