Job 21:26
They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the enterprises, wherewith ye do me wrong.
Cross References
Job 3:18The prisoners rest together, and heare not the voyce of the oppressour.
Job 17:14I shall say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worme, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Job 20:11His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
Psalms 49:14Like sheepe they lie in graue: death deuoureth them, and the righteous shall haue domination ouer them in the morning: for their beautie shall consume, when they shall goe from their house to graue.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe 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 →