Bible Strands
Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks in his discourse to his friends, describing God’s sovereign authority over the unseen realm immediately after noting the dead trembling beneath the waters.
The words — עָר֣וֹם (a.Rom) = [is] naked and כְּ֝ס֗וּת (ke.Sut) = a covering describe the exposed state of the underworld.
The thread — The motif of divine exposure runs through Proverbs 15:11, Psalms 139:8, and Hebrews 4:13.
Why it lands — The text asserts that no hidden realm escapes God’s sight, demanding a reader acknowledge that divine knowledge extends to death itself.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Cross-references
- Psalms 139:8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
- Proverbs 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
- Hebrews 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.
- Job 28:22 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
- Amos 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.
- Job 11:8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
- Job 41:11 Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
- Psalms 88:10 Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
- Psalms 139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
- Isaiah 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.