Job 21:26
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Job 21:26 in other translations
| BSB | But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Together--on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over. |
| DARBY | Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them. |
| BBE | Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm. |
| Webster | They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. |
What does Job 21:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 21:17-26
Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in this life. He reconciles this to the holiness and justice of God. Even while they prosper thus, they are light and worthless, of no account with God, or with wise men. In the height of their pomp and power, there is but a step between them and ruin. Job refers the…
Job 21:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:26
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
- 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.
- 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.
- Job 19:26
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
- Job 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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Context
- Job 21:25
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
- Job 21:26
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
- Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job 21:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Igualmente yacerán ellos en el polvo, y gusanos los cubrirán. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils gisent ensemble sur la poussière, et les vers les couvrent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Zusammen liegen sie im Staube, und Gewürm bedeckt sie. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et tamen simul in pulvere dormient, et vermes operient eos. |