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Death is naked before God.
    Destruction is uncovered before him.
God stretches the northern sky out over empty space.
    And he hangs the earth on nothing.
God wraps up the waters in his thick clouds.
    But the clouds do not break under the weight of the water.

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The realm of the dead(A) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](B) lies uncovered.(C)
He spreads out the northern skies(D) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(E)
He wraps up the waters(F) in his clouds,(G)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon