Job 21:26
Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
In Context
25Another dieth in bitterness of soul, And hath not tasted pleasure.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices by which ye wrong me.
Cross References
Job 3:18There the prisoners rest together; They hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Job 17:14I say to the pit, Thou art my father! And to the worm, My mother! and, My sister!
Job 20:11His bones are full of his youth, But they shall lie down with him in the dust.
Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are cast into the underworld; Death shall feed upon them; And the upright shall soon trample upon them. Their form shall be consumed in the underworld, And they shall no more have a dwelling-place.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil among all things which take place under the sun, that there is one event to all; therefore also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterward they go down 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 →