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Job 26:6

Hell is in Heb. Sheol, the place where deceased persons congregate, the world beneath. It is not a place of pain, though a dark and dreary abode, ch. Job 10:21-22. Those there are the dead, who still subsist, though they do not live. "Destruction," Heb. abaddon, is a synonym for Sheol, ch. Job 28:22. This as well as all things is naked to the eyes of Jehovah. Comp. Amos 9:2; Psalms 139:8.

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See also Job 26:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 26:6. _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 _destroye...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HELL - Hebrew שׁאול _sh__e__'ôl_, Sheol; Greek ᾅδης _Hadēs_ Hades. The reference is to the abode of departed spirits - the nether world where the dead were congregated; see the notes at Job 10:21...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 26JOB'S REPLY _ 1. A sarcastic beginning (Job 26:1)_ 2. Job also knows and can speak of the greatness of God (Job 26:5) Job 26:1. You have helped me greatly, Bildad, me, who am without power...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HELL. Hebrew. _Sheol_. App-35. DESTRUCTION. Hebrew. _Abaddon_....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _DEAD THINGS ARE FORMED FROM UNDER THE WATERS, AND THE INHABITANTS THEREOF._ As before, in Job 9:1; Job 12:1, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends in ability to describe God's greatness,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    26:6 destruction (e-7) _ Abaddon_ . so chs. 28.22; 31.12....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (JOB 26, 27) 1-4. Job taunts Bildad with the worthlessness of his remarks as a solution of the problem. 2, 3, 4 are spoken ironically....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RV 'Sheol' (the place of the departed) 'is naked before him, and Abaddon' (i.e. destruction, another name for Sheol, cp. Revelation 9:11) 'hath no covering,' viz. from God....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 26 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job described hell. Elsewhere, Job was not sure whether hell exists (Job 3:13-14; Job 21:22-26). But in these verses, Job was not explaining his own ideas. Instead, he was speaking by the power of the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עָרֹ֣ום שְׁאֹ֣ול נֶגְדֹּ֑ו וְ אֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    The word "Abaddon" means "destruction" and is. synonym for the side of Sheol that includes the wicked. "Even the elite dead are in anguish because God knows and sees them" _(Bible Knowledge Comm. p. 7...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 26:6 Sheol H7585 naked H6174 Destruction H11 covering H3682 Hell - Job 11:8; Psalms 139:8,

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HELL Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). Also, (Psalms 139:8); (Psalms 139:11); (Proverbs 15:11)

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hell — Is in his presence, and under his providence. Hell itself, that place of utter darkness, is not hid from his sight. Destruction — The place of destruction....

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