King James Version

Job 26:6

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

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עָר֣וֹםaromnakedעָרוֹםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “naked”, the ordinary formH6174nude, either partially or totallynaked.שְׁא֣וֹלsheolgraveשְׁאוֹלnoun, proper name — “grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.נֶגְדּ֑וֹnegdvoagainstנֶגֶדpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “against”H5048a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or beforeabout, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.וְאֵ֥יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).כְּ֝ס֗וּתkesutcoveringכְּסוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “covering”, the ordinary formH3682a cover (garment); figuratively, a veilingcovering, raiment, vesture.לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹןlaavadonto destructionאֲבַדּוֹןpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “to destruction”H11abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hadesdestruction.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Sheol is naked before God , And Abaddon hath no covering.

Young’s Literal Translation

Naked [is] Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

World English Bible

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Darby Translation

Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Douay-Rheims

Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Γυμνὸς ὁ ᾅδης ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι περιβόλαιον τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ.