Job 21:26
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They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
In other translations
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 9:2All 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.It 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.
- Isaiah 14:11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
- Job 20:11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
- Job 3:18-1918 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.18 The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. 19 Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
- Psalm 49:14Like 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.Like 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.
- Job 19:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
- Job 24:20The 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.The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
- Job 17:14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
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