Job 21:26
What does Job 21:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 21:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Together--on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2
All 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.
- Isaiah 14:11
Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
- Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
- Psalms 49:14
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
- Job 19:26
And after my skin, eventhisbody, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
- Job 17:14
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;
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