Job 21:26 “But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.”

Job 21:26

But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

World English Bible

They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

American Standard Version

They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.

Darby Translation

Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.

Young's Literal Translation

Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

Bible in Basic English

Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

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Cross references

“alike”

Ecclesiastes 9:2 Job 20:11 Job 3:18 Job 3:19

Ecclesiastes 9:2 · BSB

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it…

Job 20:11 · BSB

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

Job 3:18 · BSB

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Job 3:19 · BSB

Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

“the worms”

Isaiah 14:11 Job 17:14 Job 19:26 Psalm 49:14

Isaiah 14:11 · BSB

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.

Job 17:14 · BSB

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Job 19:26 · BSB

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

Psalm 49:14 · BSB

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Also

Job 24:20

Job 24:20 · BSB

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

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