Job 16:7

16:7 Surely now he ¹  has worn me out,

you have devastated my entire household.

Job 26:6

26:6 The underworld ²  is naked before God; ³ 

the place of destruction lies uncovered. ⁴ 

[16:7]  ¹ tn In poetic discourse there is often an abrupt change from person to another. See GKC 462 §144.p. Some take the subject of this verb to be God, others the pain (“surely now it has worn me out”).

[26:6]  ² tn Heb “Sheol.”

[26:6]  ³ tn Heb “before him.”

[26:6]  ⁴ tn The line has “and there is no covering for destruction.” “Destruction” here is another name for Sheol: אֲבַדּוֹן (’avaddon, “Abaddon”).