Job 26:6
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Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
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If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.