Job 21:26 · KJV
“They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.”
— Job 21:26
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices {which} ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job 21 — Context
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. {breasts: or, milk pails}
25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices {which} ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28For ye say, Where {is} the house of the prince? and where {are} the dwelling places of the wicked? {the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles}
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 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.
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.
Job 20:11
His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job 3:18-19
{There} the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Job 19:26
And {though} after my skin {worms} destroy this {body}, yet in my flesh shall I see God: {And...: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh}
Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou {art} my father: to the worm, {Thou art} my mother, and my sister. {said: Heb. cried, or, called}
Psalms 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. {beauty: or, strength} {in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them}
Job 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.