Job 21:26

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 sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened; 25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good: Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them. 27Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?

Job 21:26 word by word

יַ֭חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680

Cross-references for Job 21:26

• Job 3:18The prisoners together are at ease; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
• Job 20:11His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
• Ecclesiastes 9:2All things [come] alike to all: 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; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
• Job 17:14I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
• Job 19:26And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see God;
• Psalms 49:14Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.
• Isaiah 14:11— Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

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

Topics related to Job 21:26

• Corruption
• Death
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Worm

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