It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
Job 26:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Sheol is naked before him, And Abaddon hath no covering. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hell is naked before him, And destruction hath no covering. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Sheol (the place of the dead) is naked before God, and Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes]. American Standard Version (1901) Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon hath no covering. Common English Bible The grave is naked before God; the underworld lacks covering. Catholic Public Domain Version The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hell is naked before him: and there is no covering for destruction. |
It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumour thereof with our ears.
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest:
For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Which removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah
Sheol and Abaddon are before the LORD: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Hell 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.
he revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name Apollyon.