Job · Chapter 26

Job 26:6

¹But Job answered and said,²How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?³How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?⁴To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?⁵Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.⁶Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.⁷He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.⁸He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.⁹He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.¹⁰He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.¹¹The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.¹²He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.¹³By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.¹⁴Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
6	Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.	Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.	Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
[is] naked	עָר֣וֹם	a-ROM	H6174	naked עָרוֹם (a.rom) naked, bare
Sheol	שְׁא֣וֹל	she-'ol	H7585	hell: Sheol שְׁאוֹל (she.ol) Sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit 1a) the underworld 1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead 1b1) place of no return 1b2) without praise of God 1b3) wicked sent there for punishment 1b4) righteous not abandoned to it 1b5) of the place of exile (fig) 1b6) of extreme degradation in sin
before him	נֶגְדּ֑וֹ	neg-DO	H5048	before נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) subst 1) what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv 2) in front of, straight forward, before, in sight of 3) in front of oneself, straightforward 4) before your face, in your view or purpose with prep 5) what is in front of, corresponding to 6) in front of, before 7) in the sight or presence of 8) parallel to 9) over, for 10) in front, opposite 11) at a distance prep 12) from the front of, away from 13) from before the eyes of, opposite to, at a distance from 14) from before, in front of 15) as far as the front of Aramaic equivalent: ne.ged (נֶ֫גֶד "before" H5049)
and not	וְאֵ֥ין	ve-'EIN	H0369	nothing אַ֫יִן (a.yin) 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of
a covering	כְּ֝ס֗וּת	ke-SUT	H3682	covering כְּסוּת (ke.sut) 1) covering, clothing 1a) covering, clothing 1b) covering (for concealment)
[belongs] to the Abaddon	לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃	LA-'a-va-DON	H0011	Abaddon אֲבַדּוֹן (a.vad.don) Abaddon, a place of destruction, destruction, ruin

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.