Job 26:6

God's Power Over Creation

⁵ “The departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
⁶ “Naked is Sheol before Him,
And Abaddon has no covering.
⁷ “He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.

Before God

Abaddon

Hades

Job

No

Sheol

Psalm 139:8

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

Proverbs 15:11

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord,
How much more the hearts of men!

Job 28:22

“Abaddon and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’

Hebrews 4:13

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

Job 11:8

“They are high as the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?

Job 41:11

“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

Psalm 88:10

Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.

Psalm 139:11

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”

Isaiah 14:9

“Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

Amos 9:2

“Though they dig into Sheol,
From there will My hand take them;
And though they ascend to heaven,
From there will I bring them down.