Key Verse Spotlight

Job 21:26 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.”

Job 21:26

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24

His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. {breasts: or, milk pails}

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? {the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles}

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