Job 21:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.”
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BSBPD
“But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Together--on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 21:26 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:18The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
- Job 3:19Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
- Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
- Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
- Job 20:11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
- Job 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
- Psalms 49:14Like 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2It 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Isaiah 14:11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
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