Job 21:26
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 21 connects to 9 cross-references. Job challenges his friends to listen carefully before mocking him. He observes the empirical reality that the wicked do prosper: they live long, multiply, and die in peace without experiencing the judgment his friends claim is inevitable. This chapter represents …
Other Translations
They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
Together--on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.
Cross References
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness …
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, …
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over …
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good …