Job 21:26
Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
In Context
25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
27Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Cross References
Job 3:18The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Job 17:14I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
Job 20:11His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Psalms 49:14Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, [they have to 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 →