The [a]dead things are formed under the waters, and near unto them.

The grave is [b]naked before him, and there is no covering for [c]destruction.

He stretcheth out the [d]North over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:5 Job beginneth to declare the force of God’s power and providence in the mines and metals in the deep places of the earth.
  2. Job 26:6 There is nothing hid in the bottom of the earth but he seeth it.
  3. Job 26:6 Meaning, the grave wherein things putrify.
  4. Job 26:7 He causeth the whole heaven to turn about the North pole.

“The dead are in deep anguish,(A)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
The realm of the dead(B) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](C) lies uncovered.(D)
He spreads out the northern skies(E) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon