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Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh -- How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
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God's Unfailing Gaze
The verse argues from the greater to the lesser. Commentators explain that if God has perfect knowledge of the most mysterious and inaccessible realms—Sheol (the unseen world of the dead) and Abaddon (destruction or the abyss)—then He certainly has complete knowledge of the human heart. Nothing, not even our most secret thoughts, is hidden from His sight.
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19th Century
Anglican
Hell and destruction: “Hell” is here the general name for the unseen world (Hades) beyond the grave; it is so called, acc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hell and destruction [are] before the Lord Or "the grave" F1 , which is the pit of destruction; where bod…
Presbyterian
There is nothing that can be hidden from the eyes of God, not even human thoughts.
