Job 21:26
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Webster 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 bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Cross References
Job 3:18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Job 17:14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Job 20:11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go 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 →