Job 26:6 — Meaning and Application

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“Hell {is} naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.”

Job 26:6

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To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

Dead {things} are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. {and the...: or, with the inhabitants}

Hell {is} naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, {and} hangeth the earth upon nothing.

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

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Job 26:1

"But Job answered and said,"

Job 26:2

"How hast thou helped {him that is} without power? {how} savest thou the arm {that hath} no strength?"

Job 26:3

"How hast thou counselled {him that hath} no wisdom? and {how} hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?"

Job 26:4

"To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?"

Job 26:5

"Dead {things} are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. {and the...: or, with the inhabitants}"

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