Job 21:26
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
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
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Read in contextJob 20:11
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Read in contextJob 3:18–19
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Read in contextJob 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Read in contextPsalms 49:14
Like 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.
Read in contextJob 19:26
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Read in contextJob 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
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