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Nakedעָרוֹםis Sheolשְׁאוֹלbefore him,נֶגְדּוֹand Abaddonלָאֲבַדּוֹןhas noוְאֵיןcovering.כְּסוּת
Job 26:6
Study it in the app“Naked is Sheol before him, and Abaddon has no covering.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 26:6, word by word
- Nakedעָרוֹםarom
naked
Naked.
Where else “arom” appears- is Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appears- before himנֶגְדּnegd
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negd” appears- and Abaddonאֲבַדּוֹןavadon
Abaddon, destruction
Abaddon: "destruction, ruin." A name of the place of the dead, alongside "Sheol." In the New Testament the name appears again in Revelation 9:11.
Where else “avadon” appears- coveringכְּסוּתkesut
covering
The cloak someone wraps up in against the cold and sleeps in.
Where else “kesut” appears
Translation note
“Abaddon”: it means “destruction, ruin”; it is another name for the place of the dead (28:22; 31:12; Proverbs 15:11).
The context
5The shades writhe beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
6 · This verse (above)
7He stretches out the north over the void; he hangs the earth upon nothing.