KJV King James Version
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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Job 21:26
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
WEB World English Bible
They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.
ASV American Standard Version
They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Together—on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.
Surrounding context — Job 21
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices [which] ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
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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.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.Job 20:11His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.Job 3:18-19[There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.Job 19:26And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God: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.Job 17:14I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.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.
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