Job 21:26
Yet they are both buried in the same dust; they are treated alike in death, eaten by maggots.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
In Context
25Another dies after a miserable life without ever experiencing happiness.
27Look, I know what you're thinking, and your schemes to do me wrong.
Cross References
Job 3:18There prisoners take it easy—they don't hear the commands of their oppressors.
Job 17:14Should I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
Job 20:11Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.
Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for the grave. Death will be their shepherd. Those who live right will rule over them in the morning. Their bodies will decay in the grave, far from their homes.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is just so wrong—that everyone here on earth should suffer the same fate! On top of that, people's minds are filled with evil. They spend their lives thinking about stupid things, and then they die.
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 →