Job 21:26
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
In Context
25And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me.
Cross References
Job 3:18There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
Job 17:14if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,
Job 20:11His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →