Job 26:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.”
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BSBPD
“Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Sheol is naked beforeGod, And Abaddon hath no covering.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Naked <FI>is<Fi> Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 26:6 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 11:8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
- Job 28:22Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
- Job 31:12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
- Job 41:11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
- Psalms 88:10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
- Psalms 139:8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
- Psalms 139:11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
- Proverbs 15:11Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
- Isaiah 14:9Sheol 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.
- Amos 9:2Though 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.
- Hebrews 4:13Nothing 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.
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