Job 21:26
They shall lie down alike in the aphar, 1 and the worms shall cover them. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 the marah (bitterness) of his nefesh, 1 and never eateth with pleasure. 1
27Behold, I know your machshevot, 1 and the stratagems which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 1
Cross References
Job 3:18The katon and gadol are there; 1 and the eved is free from his adon. 1
Job 17:14I have said to Shachat, thou art avi; 1 to the worm, thou art immi, and achoti. 1
Job 20:11His atzmot are full of youthful vigor, 1 which shall lie down with him in the aphar. 1
Psalms 49:14This is their derech, kesel (folly, imprudent confidence) is theirs; 1 and the fate after them of those who approve their words. 1 Selah 1
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is a rah among all things that are done under the shemesh, that there is one mikreh (fortune) unto all; yea, also the lev of the bnei haAdam is full of rah, and holelot (madness) is in their lev while they live, and after that they go to the mesim.
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 →