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Hell[a] is naked before God,
and there is nowhere to hide in the place of destruction.[b]

He stretches out the northern sky across the emptiness.
He suspends the earth on nothing.
He encloses water in his clouds,
but the clouds are not broken apart by its weight.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Or the grave or death. The Hebrew reads sheol.
  2. Job 26:6 Hebrew abaddon

The realm of the dead(A) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](B) lies uncovered.(C)
He spreads out the northern skies(D) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(E)
He wraps up the waters(F) in his clouds,(G)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

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  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon