Job 21:26
24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
25 Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
- KJV
- They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
- WEB
- They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
- ASV
- They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
- DARBY
- Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
- BLB
- Together upon the dust they lie down, and the worm covers them over.
- ÅB
- Begge ligger de i støvet, og makk dekker dem.
- OTB
- Sammen ligger de i støvet,
og mark dekker dem begge. - B1930
- Begge ligger de i støvet, og makk dekker dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:2
It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
Read in contextJob 20:11
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
Read in contextJob 3:18–19
The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
Read in contextJob 24:20
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
Read in contextPsalms 49:14
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Read in contextJob 19:26
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Read in contextJob 17:14
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
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