Bible verse
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Job 21:26 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 21.
22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
25 Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
26 But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
29 Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
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.
ERV
They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.
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