Job 21:26
Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
In Context
25And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.
27See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;
Cross References
Job 3:18There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.
Job 17:14If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
Job 20:11His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.
Psalms 49:14\49:13\This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--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 →