Job 21:26 Parallel Translations
NASB: "Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
ASV: They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
BBE: Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.
DBY: Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
ERV: They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
JPS: They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
WBS: They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
WEB: They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
YLT: Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
Job 21:26 Cross References
XREF:Job 3:13 "For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

Job 20:11 "His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust.

Job 24:20 "A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree.

Ecclesiastes 9:2 It 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 a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.

Isaiah 14:11 Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.' (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 21:26 They shall lie down alike in {o} the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
(o) As concerning their bodies: and this he speaks according to the common judgment.
WES: 21:26 Alike - All these worldly differences are ended by death, and they lie in the grave without any distinction. So that no man can tell who is good, and who is bad by events which befall them in this life. And if one wicked man die in a palace, and another in a dungeon, they will meet in the congregation of the dead and damned; and the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched will be the same to both: which makes those differences inconsiderable, and not worth perplexing ourselves about.
MHC: 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 difference Providence makes between one wicked man and another, into the wisdom of God. He is Judge of all the earth, and he will do right. So vast is the disproportion between time and eternity, that if hell be the lot of every sinner at last, it makes little difference if one goes singing thither, and another sighing. If one wicked man die in a palace, and another in a dungeon, the worm that dies not, and the fire that is not quenched, will be the same to them. Thus differences in this world are not worth perplexing ourselves about.
CONC:Alike Cover Covered Covereth Covers Dust Lie Worm Worms
PREV:Alike Cover Covered Covereth Covers Dust Lie Side Together Worm Worms
NEXT:Alike Cover Covered Covereth Covers Dust Lie Side Together Worm Worms
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