KJV King James Version
Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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Job 26:6
Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
WEB World English Bible
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
ASV American Standard Version
Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Naked is Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.
Surrounding context — Job 26
3 How hast thou counselled [him that hath] no wisdom? and [how] hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
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.
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Proverbs 15:11Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?Psalm 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].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.Amos 9:2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:Job 28:22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.Job 41:11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay [him? whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.Psalm 88:10Wilt 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?Psalm 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 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.
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