6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-14)The truth received a great deal of light from the dispute between Job and his friends concerning those points about which they differed; but now they are upon a subject in which they were all agreed, the infinite glory and power of God. How does truth triumph, and how brightly does it shine, when there appears no other strife between the contenders than which shall speak most highly and honourably…
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