Job 21:26
Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
In Context
25And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.
27Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye 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: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.
Job 20:11His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.
Psalms 49:14As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict 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 hath 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 — unto 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 →