Job 21:26
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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.
Cross References
Job 3:18The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 20:11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
Psalms 49:14Like 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.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join 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 →