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

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The realm of the dead(A) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](B) lies uncovered.(C)

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  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon

11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
    how much more human hearts!(A)

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11 Death and Destruction[a] lie open before the Lord(A)
    how much more do human hearts!(B)

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  1. Proverbs 15:11 Hebrew Abaddon

If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.(A)

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If I go up to the heavens,(A) you are there;
    if I make my bed(B) in the depths, you are there.

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13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.(A)

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13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.(A) Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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Though they dig into Sheol,
    from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
    from there I will bring them down.(A)

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Though they dig down to the depths below,(A)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,(B)
    from there I will bring them down.(C)

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22 Abaddon and Death say,
    ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’(A)

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22 Destruction[a](A) and Death(B) say,
    “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”

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  1. Job 28:22 Hebrew Abaddon

Sheol beneath is stirred up
    to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
    all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
    all who were kings of the nations.(A)

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The realm of the dead(A) below is all astir
    to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed(B) to greet you—
    all those who were leaders(C) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
    all those who were kings over the nations.(D)

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11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and night wraps itself around me,”[a](A)

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  1. 139.11 Q ms: MT and the light around me become night

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”

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10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
    Do the shades rise up to praise you? Selah(A)

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10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?(A)

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11 Who can confront it[a] and be safe?[b]
    —under the whole heaven, who?[c](A)

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  1. 41.11 Heb me
  2. 41.11 Gk: Heb that I shall repay
  3. 41.11 Heb to me

11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?(A)
    Everything under heaven belongs to me.(B)

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It is higher than heaven[a]—what can you do?
    Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?(A)

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  1. 11.8 Heb The heights of heaven

They are higher(A) than the heavens(B) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(C)—what can you know?(D)

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