Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

They both lie down in the dust; and worms cover them."

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

They will lie down together upon the dust, and the worm shall cover over them.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

They lie down together in [the] dust, and maggots cover them.

Modern King James verseion

They lie down together in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Now sleep they both alike in the earth, and the worms cover them.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

The Emphasized Bible

Together, in the dust, they lie down, and, the worm, spreadeth a covering over them.

Webster

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

World English Bible

They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

יחד 
Yachad 
Usage: 141

in the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

and the worms
רמּה 
Rimmah 
Usage: 7

כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar

25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity. 26 “Together they lie down in the dust,
And worms cover them.
27 "Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:2

It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.

Isaiah 14:11

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.

Job 20:11

His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.

Job 3:18-19

There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Job 17:14

if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'

Job 19:26

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,

Job 24:20

The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.'

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

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