Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
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ASV
Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering.
KJV
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Hell is naked before Him, and destruction hath no covering. Which same Paul likewise saith, But all things are naked and opened unto His eyes. But by the title of 'hell' and 'perdition' he denoted the devil and all the associates of his condemnation; but Who that One is before whom 'hell is naked,' he goes on with telling.
That is hell and destruction, which are said to be before the Lord ( Prov. xv. 11 ), and here to be naked before him, to which it is probable there is an allusion, Rev. xiv. 10 , where sinners are to be tormented in the presence of the holy angels (who attended the Shechinah) and in the presence of the Lamb.
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.
"Sheol" comes from a Hebrew root--"ask," because it is insatiable (Pr 27:20); or "ask as a loan to be returned," implying Sheol is but a temporary abode, previous to the resurrection; so for English Version "formed," the Septuagint and Chaldee translate; shall be born, or born again, implying the dead are to be given back from Sheol and born again into a new state [MAGEE].
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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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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Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the…
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Psalms 139:8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
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Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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.
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Proverbs 15:11Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
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would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?