Job 21:26

In 11 translations

BSB

But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

KJV

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.

ASV

They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

LSV

Together they lie down on the dust, || And the worm covers them over.

YLT

Together — on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

DBY

Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.

DRC

And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them.

GNV

They shall sleepe both in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.

JPS

They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.

LXXE

But they lie down in the earth together, and corruption covers them.

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WLC

יַ֭חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμῶνται, σαπρία δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκάλυψεν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 9:2It 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…
• Isaiah 14:11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
• Job 20:11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
• Job 3:18–19The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
• Job 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
• Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
• Psalms 49:14Like 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 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

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