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Job 21:26
26Together they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
Job 21:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
- New International Version (NIV)Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them.
Context of Job 21:26
24His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat], And the marrow of his bones is moist, 25Whereas another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune. Together they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them. 27“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me. 28For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man? And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’
Read all of Job 21Job 21:26 word by word
יַ֭חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 21:26
- Job 3:18There the prisoners rest together; They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.
- Job 20:11His bones are full of youthful strength But it lies down with him in the dust.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as he who swears an oath is, so is he who is afraid to swear an oath.
- Job 17:14If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’; And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’
- Job 19:26Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death], Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,
- Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead); Death will be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
- Isaiah 14:11Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol, Along with the music of your harps; The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed] And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’
Commentaries on Job 21:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26They shall lie down alike in the dust - Death levels all distinctions, and the grave makes all equal. There may be a difference in the grave itself; but the human corpse is the same in all. Splendid monuments enshrine corruption; but the sod must lie close and heavy upon the putrefying carcass, to prevent it from becoming the bane of the living.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26They shall lie down alike in the dust - The emphasis here is on the word “alike” - יחד yachad The idea is, that they should die “in a similar manner.” There would be no such difference in the mode of their death as to determine anything about their character or to show that one was the friend of God, and that the other was not. The friends of Job had maintained, that that could be certainly known by the divine dealings with people, either in their life…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-26Verses 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 difference Providence makes between…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26worms cover them both: Compare 17:14; Isaiah 14:11; see Job 19:26.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. (Ec 9:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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