Job 21:26
Together they lie down on the dust, || And the worm covers them over.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
In Context
25And this [one] dies with a bitter soul, || And has not eaten with gladness.
27Behold, I have known your thoughts, || And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
Cross References
Job 3:18Together prisoners have been at ease, || They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
Job 17:14To corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.
Job 20:11His bones have been full of his youth, and it lies down with him on the dust.
Psalms 49:14They have set themselves as sheep for Sheol, || Death afflicts them, || And the upright rule over them in the morning, || And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This [is] an evil among all that has been done under the sun, that one event [is] to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart during their life, and after it—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 →